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1-Fact Sheet / Part 2-Sean Bruyea Press Conference: Discrimination of Disabled Soldiers 13 Sep 07-FACT SHEET SISIP
(Service Income Security Insurance Plan): Long Term Disability (LTD)
Plan for Canadian Forces (CF) Personnel 1)
SISIP LTD is governed by Treasury Board of Canada, the Chief of
Defence Staff is the Policy holder, SISIP Financial is the
administrator and Manulife is the insurer.[i]
2)
SISIP Financial belongs to the Canadian Forces members and its
operating costs are paid for out of the insurance premiums paid by CF
members.[ii]
3)
CF soldiers pay 15% of the premium and Treasury Board pays 85%.[iii] 4)
SISIP pays 75% of salary at release and is taxable.[iv] 5)
SISIP deducts Veterans Affairs (VAC) Pension Act monthly
Disability Awards.[v] 6)
As of June 27 2007, 9470 serving CF soldiers justly collect VAC
Disability Awards (monthly and lump sum) plus 100% of their salary.[vi] 7)
Approximately 4000 injured soldiers who have been forced out of
the military have or have had their VAC disability awards deducted
from their SISIP LTD.[vii] 8)
New Veterans Charter (NVC) benefits package which applies to
all CF soldiers injured after April 1, 2006. Monthly Disability Awards
replaced by one-time lump sum payment[viii]
9)
SISIP does not deduct
one-time lump sum disability
awards but continues to
deduct monthly
disability awards.[ix] 10)
SISIP in 2005 had annual net profit of almost $20 million and
an unallocated surplus of $263 million. Manulife had a net profit of
almost $4 billion for 2006.[x] 11)
Federal Surplus was $9.2 billion in 2007 and expected to be
$6.4 billion in 2008.[xi] 12)
Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)
checked number provided by Manulife to stop these deductions
retroactively 7 years and go forward approximately 20 years: total
cost is $275 to $295 million.[xii] 13)
Average
cost per year is $10 million ($275 million/27 years (20 plus 7
years)).[xiii]
Federal
Public Service Long Term Disability vs. SISIP Long Term Disability
-Federal Public Service (PS) (including Members of Parliament) Long Term Disability Facts: 1)
Not allowed to deduct Veterans Affairs Pension Act Awards and
Canadian Forces retirement pension plan (CFSA) but SISIP deducts 100%
of both.[xiv] 2)
MP’s and senior bureaucrats do not pay for their Long Term
Disability Plan. [xv] 3)
Free insurance for 2) while on disability. Five free plans.
Soldiers must pay.[xvi] 4)
0% of rehabilitation income deducted from PS Long Term
Disability vs. 50% for SISIP.[xvii] 5)
Treasury Board (TBC) will step in and cover deficit for Public
Service Disability plan but TBC will not cover deficit run by SISIP.[xviii] 6)
Only 2 years of PS service to receive retirement pension, CF requires 10
years. [xix] 7)
Contribute to PS retirement while on Long Term Disability,
SISIP not possible.[xx] 8)
3% annual increase vs. 2% for SISIP.[xxi] Support
to Stop the “Profoundly Unfair Deductions” 1)
Andre Marin first released report in November 2003 calling for
an end to deductions.[xxii] 2)
Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
unanimously endorsed Andre Marin’s Report and urged the “Defence
Minister and government forthwith”. Prime Minister Harper, Defence
Minister McKay, Veterans Affairs Minister Thompson and Treasury Board
President Vic Toews were all associate members of the committee.[xxiii] 3)
Both Andre Marin and Yves Cote have urged the government to
stop the fundamentally unfair deductions on in at least five different
reports and letters over four years. [xxiv] 4)
November 7, 2006, majority of House passed Veterans First
Motion which included requirement for the government to “eliminate
the unfair reduction of SISIP”.[xxv] 5)
Minister
O’Connor Speaking on behalf of the “Government” stated that the
conservative government “we will resolve the issue” in parliament
on March 27 2007. [xxvi] 6)
Royal Canadian Legion has called for an end to the Unfair
Deductions from SISIP. [xxvii]
[i] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp SISIP Long Term Disability Frequently Asked Questions [ii] http://www.cfpsa.com/en/corporate/services/media/Reports/2006/FinancialStatements2006_e.pdf see page 29 of CFPSA audited statements to see expenses. This fact also confirmed in telephone conversations between Sean Bruyea and SISIP representatives [iii] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp SISIP Long Term Disability Frequently Asked Questions [iv] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp SISIP Long Term Disability Frequently Asked Questions [v] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp SISIP Long Term Disability Frequently Asked Questions [vi] Question sent to VAC Research Directorate by Sean Bruyea. Answer available on request. [viii] http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/clients/sub.cfm?source=forces/nvc/programs/da http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp see “What are the benefits under the LTD?” [ix] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Downloads_e/901102_e.pdf see p. 41 Sections 24(a)(iv) and 24(c) [x] http://www.cfpsa.com/en/corporate/services/media/Reports/2006/FinancialStatements2006_e.pdf See pp. 28,29 and for Manulife: http://tsedb.globeinvestor.com/invest/investSQL/tsx.company_prof?company_id=&symbol_in=MFC-T [xi] http://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/bp/bpc7e.html
see Highlights
and Fiscal Outlook Before the
Measures Proposed in the
2007 Budget [xii] http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2007/ftiv-tjac-eng.asp see Section II subsection 2. 20 years estimated by presenters assuming average age of LTD recipient of 45 years old paid till 65. [xiii] The seven years is the retroactive amount recommended by the DND Ombudsman reports since 2003. The 20 years is an average number of years going forward assuming the average age of an LTD recipient is 45 years and SISIP LTD payments end at age 65. [xiv] SISIP deduct CFSA: http://www.sisip.ca/en/Downloads_e/901102_e.pdf see p.41, section 24 (a)(i) PSMIP LTD not deduct CFSA: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-4-8-15-e.html under exceptions PS DI not deduct CFSA: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-3-11-6-e.html under exceptions [xv]
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/hr-rh/bp-rasp/benefits-avantages/dip-rai/overview-contexte_e.asp
see: “Unless
you
are a member of the Executive Group, you pay a monthly premium for
your disability benefits coverage. The Employer pays 100% of the
costs of coverage for members of the Executive Group.” [xvi] http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/Pubs_pol/hrpubs/TB_863/psmipex1_e.asp#28 “waiver of premium” [xvii] SISIP deducts 50%: http://www.sisip.ca/en/Downloads_e/901102_e.pdf see p.44, Section 28 DI deducts 0% until 100% of salary: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-3-11-10-e.html PSMIP deducts 0% until 100% of salary: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-4-8-16-e.html [xviii] This information comes from a confidential source. However, Sean Bruyea can point to where to ask for this information [xix]http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/212-01_e.asp see Annex A 4. b.b. [xx] To be located. [xxi] SISIP 2%: http://www.sisip.ca/en/Downloads_e/901102_e.pdf see p. 41, Section 23 c. PS PSMIP LTD 3%: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-4-8-18-e.html PS DI: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-3-11-8-e.html [xxiii] Resolution: http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/cmte/CommitteePublication.aspx?COM=3281&Lang=1&SourceId=65309 Membership: http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/cmte/CommitteeList.aspx?Lang=1&PARLSES=372&JNT=0&SELID=e18_&COM=3281&Print=1 [xxiv] http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/rep-rap/sr-rs/sis-rar/index-eng.asp http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/rep-rap/ar-ra/2004-2005/report-rapport-eng.asp#Taking_Care http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2005/sisip-rarm-eng.asp http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2007/ftiv-tjac-eng.asp http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2007/sisip-rarm02-eng.asp [xxvi]http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=1&DocId=2805041&File=0 Minister O’Connor “Mr. Speaker, this issue has been in existence since 2003. The previous government did not resolve the issue. We now have the recommendations and we will resolve the issue.” [1] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp SISIP Long Term Disability Frequently Asked Questions [1] http://www.cfpsa.com/en/corporate/services/media/Reports/2006/FinancialStatements2006_e.pdf see page 29 of CFPSA audited statements to see expenses. This fact also confirmed in telephone conversations between Sean Bruyea and SISIP representatives [1] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp SISIP Long Term Disability Frequently Asked Questions [1] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp SISIP Long Term Disability Frequently Asked Questions [1] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp SISIP Long Term Disability Frequently Asked Questions [1] Question sent to VAC Research Directorate by Sean Bruyea. Answer available on request. [1] http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2007/ftiv-tjac-eng.asp [1] http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/clients/sub.cfm?source=forces/nvc/programs/da http://www.sisip.ca/en/Insurance_e/ltd_e.asp see “What are the benefits under the LTD?” [1] http://www.sisip.ca/en/Downloads_e/901102_e.pdf see p. 41 Sections 24(a)(iv) and 24(c) [1] http://www.cfpsa.com/en/corporate/services/media/Reports/2006/FinancialStatements2006_e.pdf See pp. 28,29 and for Manulife: http://tsedb.globeinvestor.com/invest/investSQL/tsx.company_prof?company_id=&symbol_in=MFC-T [1]
http://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/bp/bpc7e.html
see Highlights and Fiscal Outlook Before the
Measures Proposed in the
2007 Budget [1] http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2007/ftiv-tjac-eng.asp see Section II subsection 2. 20 years estimated by presenters assuming average age of LTD recipient of 45 years old paid till 65. [1] The seven years is the retroactive amount recommended by the DND Ombudsman reports since 2003. The 20 years is an average number of years going forward assuming the average age of an LTD recipient is 45 years and SISIP LTD payments end at age 65. [1] SISIP deduct CFSA: http://www.sisip.ca/en/Downloads_e/901102_e.pdf see p.41, section 24 (a)(i) PSMIP LTD not deduct CFSA: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-4-8-15-e.html under exceptions PS DI not deduct CFSA: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-3-11-6-e.html under exceptions [1]
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/hr-rh/bp-rasp/benefits-avantages/dip-rai/overview-contexte_e.asp
see: “Unless
you
are a member of the Executive Group, you pay a monthly premium for
your disability benefits coverage. The Employer pays 100% of the costs
of coverage for members of the Executive Group.” [1] http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/Pubs_pol/hrpubs/TB_863/psmipex1_e.asp#28 “waiver of premium” [1] SISIP deducts 50%: http://www.sisip.ca/en/Downloads_e/901102_e.pdf see p.44, Section 28 DI deducts 0% until 100% of salary: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-3-11-10-e.html PSMIP deducts 0% until 100% of salary: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-4-8-16-e.html [1] This information comes from a confidential source. However, Sean Bruyea can point to where to ask for this information [1]http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/212-01_e.asp see Annex A 4. b.b. [1] To be located. [1] SISIP 2%: http://www.sisip.ca/en/Downloads_e/901102_e.pdf see p. 41, Section 23 c. PS PSMIP LTD 3%: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-4-8-18-e.html PS DI: http://tpsgc.gc.ca/compensation/iam/iam-3-11-8-e.html [1] http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/rep-rap/sr-rs/sis-rar/index-eng.asp [1] Resolution: http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/cmte/CommitteePublication.aspx?COM=3281&Lang=1&SourceId=65309 Membership: http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/cmte/CommitteeList.aspx?Lang=1&PARLSES=372&JNT=0&SELID=e18_&COM=3281&Print=1 [1] http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/rep-rap/sr-rs/sis-rar/index-eng.asp http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/rep-rap/ar-ra/2004-2005/report-rapport-eng.asp#Taking_Care http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2005/sisip-rarm-eng.asp http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2007/ftiv-tjac-eng.asp http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2007/sisip-rarm02-eng.asp [1]http://www.ndp.ca/page/4515 [1]http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=1&DocId=2805041&File=0 Minister O’Connor “Mr. Speaker, this issue has been in existence since 2003. The previous government did not resolve the issue. We now have the recommendations and we will resolve the issue.” [1] http://www.ombudsman.forces.gc.ca/mr-sm/ls-lc/2005/sisip-rarm-eng.asp
Discrimination
of Disabled Soldiers: “We support the troops” Must Continue Long
after the Troops come Home Disabled Press
Conference: Wednesday 13 September 2007 Text:
Intro and Conclusion-Sean Bruyea Good
Morning. My name is Sean Bruyea. Joining me today are family members
and injured CF soldiers who served in such diverse conflicts and
missions as Bosnia, Cyprus, Somalia, Haiti, Golan and the Gulf War. We
are here to call upon the government to stop the outright
discrimination of disabled CF soldiers who are too ill to be employed.
Imagine
two corporals serving in Afghanistan in 2005. Both soldiers were
ambushed and wounded by the Taliban. One soldier is knocked
unconscious and suffers an injury to his back and knees. He later
partially recuperates but is unable to endure the physical stress of
the infantry and is retrained by the military. He is granted a
disability award from Veterans Affairs for the pain and suffering of
his permanent back and knee injury which pays him approximately $1000
per month on top of 100% of his salary.
He continues to serve today. The
second soldier has his foot shattered but remains conscious to defend
his comrade for an hour until help arrives. Part of his foot is later
amputated and some long term post traumatic stress disorder develops.
He is eventually deemed medically unfit to serve in the CF and is
forced to leave the military. After a long paper fight with Veterans
Affairs the soldier is granted a $1000 per month disability award for
pain and suffering. Since this soldier is unable to be employed, he
goes on the Canadian Forces Long Term Disability called the Service
Income Security Insurance Plan or SISIP. SISIP pays the released
corporal 75% of his Forces income but then deducts the Veterans
Affairs award for pain and suffering. Not
only is the second soldier forced to leave the military, a career he
planned on having for life, he is now unemployable. He has his salary
reduced to 75%. Then adding insult to injury his award for pain and
suffering is deducted from his already reduced salary. The
DND Ombudsman Yves Cote called these deductions “Fundamentally”
and “Profoundly Unfair” and this
SISIP “inequity might very well be serious enough to attract the
protection of human rights legislation” including
the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which
“identify physical and mental disabilities as prohibited grounds of
discrimination.”
Meanwhile
there are more than 4000 Injured Canadian Forces soldiers who have
been forced to give up their careers for medical reasons. These 4000
CF veterans represent the most disabled of soldiers because they are
unemployable for physical or psychological reasons. That is why these
veterans qualify for Long Term Disability. It is these 4000 soldiers
who have their awards for pain and suffering unfairly deducted from
their already reduced income. (two
veteran speakers: Ron Cundell and Perry Gray) As
of June 27, 2007, there were 9470 men and women in uniform with the
Canadian Forces who have been rightly and fairly authorized awards for
pain and suffering from Veterans Affairs while continuing to collect
100% of their salary. Less than half that many Canadian Forces
soldiers have been forced from the military due to medical
disabilities while having their awards for pain and suffering unfairly
deducted from their reduced incomes. As of 2006, the recent new
veteran’s benefits pay a one-time lump sum to replace the monthly
benefit for pain and suffering. This lump sum is not
allowed to be deducted from Long Term Disability payments but the
monthly benefit continues to be deducted.
These
are some of the same bureaucrats who have likely been standing in the
way of correcting this fundamental injustice. First they claimed that
they had to study the matter. Their four year delay forced veterans to
go to court. Now, the bureaucrats have apparently advised the Minister
of National Defence that due to the court action, this injustice
cannot be discussed. This is highly disingenuous. I have a letter from
the legal team for the veterans who states that he is ready to discuss
this at any time. Unfortunately, I suspect some bureaucrats are very
happy with the issue going to court as they can delay another 4 or
even 40 years. Canadian
Forces members do not have a union like Federal Civil servants to
defend us, from, well, certain federal civil servants. CF members are
not allowed to speak out about such injustices. The overwhelming
majority of retired disabled soldiers are too ill and too ashamed to speak out. I ask
Canadians to commend these brave veterans here today who are willing
to talk about such extremely difficult matters. Talking
about personal struggles with finances and family life is one of the
most difficult things for a proud soldier to do. If I can’t protect
my family, what kind of a soldier am I? A military chaplain once said
to me regarding the fact that so few disabled soldiers speak out
publicly: “Sean, soldiers refuse to speak out because they see it as
begging and begging robs humans of their pride and dignity and
sometimes that is all a disabled soldier has left.” How
much more indignity must Canada’s bravest and most disabled soldiers
need to suffer to right a wrong when everyone admits it is wrong? This
issue can be resolved today, right now. We have gone to war for
Canadians. We did not sacrifice our health and the stability of our
families to fight another war with bureaucrats who ignore our elected
officials. We only want returned to us what has been illegally and
unjustly taken. It
has become a mantra to say “we support the troops” but there must
be substance behind these words. Support for the troops needs to be
real and it needs to continue long after the soldiers come home.
Otherwise bureaucrats can continue taking advantage of the silence of
serving and disabled soldiers and their families making "support
the troops" decals and t-shirts nothing more than empty
words.
Discrimination
of Disabled Soldiers: “We support the troops” Must Continue Long
after the Troops come Home Disabled Press
Conference: Wednesday 13 September 2007 Text:
Part 3-Ron Cundell
Good
morning, I am Ron Cundell and this is my wife Donna … In 1991 I was
attached posted with the 1 Canadian Field Hospital for the Gulf War as
a generator technician. I contracted an autoimmune disease called
sarcoidosis during my tour in the Gulf. To date this disease has
destroyed both upper lobes of my lungs, required four surgeries to my
sinuses to remove excessive scarring, as well as five other surgical
procedures due to the side effects caused by 10 years of
immunosuppressive drug therapy in the treatment of sarcoidosis. In
November of 2000, the Canadian Forces medically released me from the
military as they declared me unfit to serve. Since I contracted the
disease in the Gulf War I qualified for a disability award from
Veterans Affairs. As the disease spread from organ to organ in my
body, the many doctors that have treated my disease over the years
have all agreed employment at this time in my life is not an option.
As a result, I have been on SISIP Long-Term Disability benefits for
the last 7 years. During
this time, a discriminating and likely illegal policy has allowed
SISIP to deduct every penny of my Veterans Affairs disability award
from my long-term disability benefits. Well, this policy has been the
excuse the federal government has used to steal almost $50 thousand
dollars of my money over the last 7 years! SISIP
long-term disability is NOT a private plan. The Canadian Forces is the
policyholder and the Treasury Board acting for the government of
Canada governs the plan. Members pay 15% of the premium and the
federal government pays the remaining 85% of the premium. So
I am here today to ask if there is any one Canadian citizen who thinks
this theft of my Long-Term Disability benefits is ok? I believe that I
can say with absolute confidence the answer to that question would be
NO! Thankfully,
the politicians all agree. In 2003, all political parties of the
Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
unanimously demanded that the federal government stop these unfair
Deductions of SISIP. Prime Minister Harper, Defence Minister McKay,
Veterans Affairs Minister Thompson and president of the Treasury Board
Vic Toews were all associate members of the Standing Committee, which
voted to immediately stop the unfair deductions from our long-term
disability. Furthermore last November, the majority of Parliament
voted to stop the unfair deductions. Certain
senior bureaucrats appear to be stopping the politicians from carrying
out the democratic will of all Canadians. These are the same
bureaucrats who have a long-term disability plan which ironically is
far superior to the Canadian Forces SISIP plan. The Federal Civil
Servant plan does not deduct Veterans Affairs Disability Awards.
Furthermore, the senior bureaucrats get their plan for free paid for
100% by Canadian taxpayers! To
simply put it…because I got too sick from my time in the Gulf War
these senior bureaucrats think it is acceptable to punish me by
stealing the long-term disability benefits that rightfully belong to
my wife and I…thank-you.
Discrimination
of Disabled Soldiers: “We support the troops” Must Continue Long
after the Troops come Home Disabled Press
Conference: Wednesday 13 September 2007 Text:
Part 4-Perry Gray Good
Morning. My name is Perry Gray. I am a 26-year veteran of the
Canadian Forces having served with the United Nations in Cyprus and
the former Yugoslavia. Due to my military service, I suffered severe
and permanent psychological injuries. The military recognized me as
permanently incapacitated and I was forced to retire in 2002.
As
an unemployed intelligence officer, I found myself responsible for
raising a family with two young children on 50% of what I was earning
while trying to get more support from Veterans Affairs in a convoluted
and adversarial appeal system. Having lost my career while suffering
my medical symptoms was difficult to say the least. When the financial
difficulties were added in along with increased medical expenses, my
life quickly deteriorated. My family and I suffered immensely as we
struggled to cope financially while dealing with my worsening medical
condition. Tragically,
my family fell apart. My wife and children left me. I did not cope
well and could barely manage my personal care let alone the bills. As
an officer and a soldier, I willingly endured dangerous situations and
witnessed great tragedies. As a broken soldier, I could not remember
to take my medication let alone face the threatening telephone calls
from collection agencies. Financial reality
hit home when my truck was repossessed and I was within days of
loosing my house to the bank. By some miracle, friends stepped in to
save what was assuredly a downward progression to bankruptcy and
homelessness My life is more
stable now. A financial advisor administers all my financial affairs
and I must endure a five-year repayment period plus many more years
before regaining a reasonable credit rating. I take pills and
attend weekly therapy sessions in order to help me cope with mundane
things like grocery shopping and opening mail. Standing in front
of an audience to speak is a very overwhelming experience that
increases my insomnia and anxiety significantly. Despite all that I
have suffered, I still consider myself more fortunate than many
soldiers, who have also been disabled. I at least have a
military pension, something that is paid only after 20 years of
service. I also sought help, which many young veterans do not
seek and therefore must cope with their problems alone. I am proud of my
service to Canada and Canadians and all that Canada stands for
including good government. When I was ordered into a dangerous
situation, I did not refuse. That is why I find it difficult to
understand why faceless and nameless bureaucrats can ignore all
political parties which have called for an end to these unfair
deductions. I did not vote for the bureaucrats. I did not risk my life
for bureaucrats who ignore the sanctity of Canada ’s democratic
values. Please Canada ,
help me believe that my sacrifice for Canadians was worth it.
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