Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses. This is a very interesting panel.
I'm going to direct my questions to Mr. Farrant.
Mr. Farrant, first of all, thank you for your advocacy for juror supports. As you note, jury service is the last mandatory form of civic duty, and jurors play a fundamental role in the administration of justice across Canada. It was a unanimous recommendation of this committee during pre-budget consultations to provide the Canadian Juries Commission with $20 million over 10 years, which, in the context of the federal budget, is at best a rounding error.
Can you speak to the need for the urgency of that funding in the face of COVID?