Dr. Marc Fortin (Acting General Counsel and Director, Office of the General Counsel and Director, Public Prosecution Service of Canada) at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

The five-to-one ratio was developed over an analysis of several years' worth of data. Which data? It covers the types of cases we have, the type of complexity we have, where we prosecute, and also the direct and downstream impacts of the work performed by investigative agencies, number one being the RCMP, for example. It depends also on the type of work that a new initiative would bring to PPSC, as well as--