Mr. Chair, as the member mentioned, there is money being requested in the supplementary estimates to augment the team, but currently it's 35 employees. With the dollars in the supplementary estimates, that could grow up to 60. That group right now handles about 26,000 verifications and validations a year. The money being requested relates to the new draft policy. If it is implemented, it will require additional resources because there's more work required and there's a broader scope of offences and things like that. It's currently 35 and could grow to 60 depending on what happens with the new policy.
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