Today's supplementary estimates are an example of that. Where there are initiatives that affect the prosecution service, we are typically consulted on them. We are asked whether the initiative will increase demand for prosecution services. As you can see with the increased number of RCMP officers, we are receiving additional funds to conduct the prosecutions we assume will result from having an additional 600 RCMP officers on the job.
We have developed a ratio, which has been accepted within the government, of one prosecutor for every five new police investigators. That ratio differs when the investigators are associated with a department other than the RCMP. For example, Environment Canada, or another department, might increase the number of its investigators, but we don't assume that would produce as many prosecutions as the police would. We have a different ratio for determining the number of prosecutors that should follow from that type of initiative.
So the answer to your question is yes, there is a process.