As part of our contribution agreement with the provinces, they provide us information on their expenditures for criminal legal aid. Depending on the formula and the total amount of money we have, we calculate how much they would get. But it should be noted that services vary from province to province, and how a province may describe a particular service is different from how another province describes it. So we have relied heavily on the reports from the CCJS that Don just referred to, and we always get the annual reports from the provinces on what they do. But it's sometimes like comparing apples to oranges. It's not 100% clear.
On November 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.