As I said in my opening remarks, administrative monetary penalties are there to promote compliance with the law, to act as a disincentive to targets of our investigations, and to not continue to violate our legislation.
Where do they go? They're not punitive; they are remedial. They're not punishment, and in fact, our act expressly says that. Determination of an administrative monetary penalty is not with a view to punish. That's one thing I'd like to clarify. They are a debt owed to the crown, so they are payable to the Receiver General for Canada, and fall within the consolidated revenue fund. They contribute to government as a whole, and those funds are then further distributed to benefit programs and initiatives for the benefit of all Canadians.
I'm hoping that's sufficient for you. Again, I'd like to emphasize they're not punitive in nature; they're remedial. They're there to promote compliance with our law.