I guess they would only be the roughest of estimates; that's all I could tell you, Mr. Murphy. As Mr. Comartin said, he was unable to get from provincial attorneys general what their estimates are of the cost. He said he didn't get any estimates from them. They're aware that this has implications for the provinces. They are prepared to have a look at those, investigate those costs, and generally agree with the legislative effort.
Ms. Kane indicated to you that any costs of this would be negligible to the federal penitentiary system. But at the provincial level, again, according to Mr. Comartin, they were unable to provide you with any. Again, I think our job on this is to be as cooperative as possible.
You mentioned my colleague, the Minister of Public Safety. Well, I don't have to tell you about the hundreds of millions of dollars that, through his ministry, he is putting into more policing in this country.
So yes, we'll do our part, and it's appropriate that we do our part. But again, we try to be as supportive as possible.
One of the things they really emphasized about reducing their costs was getting rid of that double credit for time served. So we're on the right track by bringing that one in, I know for sure.