Let's say all 1,600 are unique complainants. I've done a little math here, like Mr. Martin. Those 1,600 cases constitute 0.005% of Canadians, or half a thousandth of a percent of Canadians, yet you're proposing a budget of $16.5 million for next year. If you divide the number of investigations that you have—your principal legislative mandate—into that $16.5 million budget, that amounts to $10,300.75. If you just do it in terms of the $10.1 million figure that you propose for investigations, that's $6,300 per case. Do you think that's value for the taxpayers' money?
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