We all want to give fair access and to respect the judicial system. We all obviously want to adhere to those fundamental values that are truly an expression of Canada's justice and legal system.
One of the concerns I have is in reference to the funding of this particular initiative--I think it's $540 million. Whenever you make such an expenditure, especially when we didn't see it in the budget, it raises concerns in many quarters. We hear about freezing departmental spending. We hear about, for example, the Canada Border Services Agency not receiving as much, and yet they're getting more money. It creates a lot of confusion in the minds of people, including parliamentarians on both sides.
I want you to comment on what kinds of safeguards we have in place to make sure that this $540 million is not part of a shell game, but rather will be directed towards the reform of this package, because we need to respect the Canadian taxpayers' dollars.