If, as Veterans Affairs Canada suggests, more than 75% of all merchant navy veterans receive benefits currently, it would not seem to be an inordinate task to determine which remaining merchant navy veterans were denied pension benefits in their applications prior to 1992, because the insurance principle did not apply.
Si, comme le ministère le laisse entendre, plus de 75 p. 100 des anciens combattants de la marine marchande reçoivent aujourd'hui des prestations, il n'est pas trop difficile d'établir ceux parmi les autres qui se sont vu refuser la pension avant 1992 parce que le principe de l'assurance ne s'appliquait pas.