I am Yvon Carrière. I'm senior counsel with FINTRAC.
All law societies in Canada have enacted rules that prohibit their members from receiving more than $7,500 per file. That's not a Department of Finance regulation; that's a rule that was enacted by each individual provincial law society. Now, to ensure that their members respect that obligation, I understand that some law societies require their members to file a statement saying they haven't received more than $7,500 per file. I think some law societies might go beyond that and ask for more details. What cash did you receive? What are the amounts? What files did they relate to? I think maybe that's what's being alluded to.
But again, it's not a federal government requirement, but a requirement established by individual law societies.