As I said at the outset, every change to the justice system is an increased pressure on all of the system, and that includes legal aid. Some of these changes we can estimate better than others. For example, we've done estimates on the likely cost of legal aid due to increasing the number of police officers on the street by 1,000, as the government has done. We did an estimate on the cost effects of Bill C-9, the bill that deals with alternatives to incarceration, and we have done the estimate I presented this afternoon in relation to the cost of Bill C-10. What we in general are seeking from the federal government, since criminal law is a federal responsibility and that is in fact recognized by the federal government through the federal-provincial contribution agreement, is that the government, through the budget process, increase the funding available to the legal aid plans across the country in order that they may effectively respond to the increased—
On November 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.