Thank you.
Madame Freeman, I'll go first with legal aid, and on some of your other comments about cost recovery, I'll ask Mr. Sims to respond.
I'll provide you with the details of exactly how much the Province of Quebec will be receiving from legal aid. I agree with your comments that legal aid for individuals caught up in the criminal justice system is an important component of making the system work, and when people do not have legal representation, it actually is not cost effective, in the sense that delays in courts and difficulties with trials proceeding can result. This is a shared responsibility, and for the most part most of the funding comes from the individual provinces and is administered by them. The money that comes from the federal government is a contribution to that. With respect to the specific amounts each province gets, in particular the Province of Quebec, I will be pleased to get that and will forward it to you.
With respect to cost recovery, it is highlighted differently now in the budget, and you picked up on that. It is not something new that the Department of Justice charges other departments or agencies for the legal services it provides. There are a number of reasons for that. There's nothing free in this world. Within the budgets of other departments, we want them to be careful in terms of the services they demand. As with anything, there's not unlimited availability of any services for any department. So this is one way of ensuring that costs are contained by showing the true cost.
With respect to that, I know Mr. Sims has a couple of remarks he would like to make, so I will turn it over to him, if you don't mind.