Like how much it would cost...? West Coast LEAF has not launched a full-on test case before. Yet, as LEAF had mentioned in their submission, we typically have taken an intervention strategy wherein we intervene when a case is already brought by other organizations.
But I know from my work as a lawyer that a large constitutional test case can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's for the organization bringing the challenge forward. The case is filed in the name of the organization and in the names of different individuals. So to take something like that to trial, especially where you're up against the government—federal or provincial, but let's talk federal—which has deep pockets.... Then typically, because these issues are all very intersecting federally and provincially, as Mr. Nicholson mentioned in the context of family law for example, you will have the provincial attorneys-general intervening in the case as well. So there are typically many groups and litigants involved in the case.
So I think hundreds of thousands of dollars is not an exaggeration for how much it will cost to bring one of these cases forward, and that's not including how much your pro bono lawyers would charge if they could actually get you to pay them.