Mr. Chairman, I'm sorry for being late, I was at a press conference on the Coffin case. I'd like to thank the Minister's Office for helping us through its officials.
I'd like to ask two questions. If they've already been asked, I apologize. I will understand if you don't want to repeat yourselves, but I'm still going to go ahead and take my chances. Reading the documents last night is what inspires me to ask these questions.
I was surprised to read that under the heading "Contributions in support of Public Security and Anti-Terrorism—Legal Aid", the budget goes from $500,000 to $2 million. I would like you to explain to me what this budget item is for. What has been done and why the substantial increase, when, as we know, other programs have been eliminated, programs that in our humble opinion, deserved to be renewed?