I apologize. I thought everybody was an Acadian.
I found you and your colleague Inspector Bowen interesting in how you operationalize the witness protection program. I mean, there's a kind of public interest; the media, television, have these great examples of people going into witness protection, which is a myth in a lot of law enforcement.
This is the first time I've heard senior officers describe how a program like that operates. I'm interested that you've had 800 people accepted into the program since its inception. Yet $7 million doesn't seem like a lot of money to be an annual budget for 15 new inductees as well as the 785 ongoing responsibilities you have.
I'm not sure you can answer this, but during the life of somebody in the witness protection program, do the taxpayers spend $100,000 on that individual, $1,000,000? I know it varies in different circumstances, but what's the range? What's the cheapest you've had somebody in and out of that program, and what's the most gruesome example?
What jarred me was your comment about how we look at the lifestyle. Some of these guys have a lifestyle that certainly exceeds anyone around this table. I appreciate that you didn't mean to say you're going to keep them in the lifestyle they were accustomed to when they were involved in a criminal enterprise, but how do you decide on an envelope of money? It's so open-ended. I'm curious.
My impression is that you're not adequately funded. When you make a request to the Treasury Board, how would you explain your request for more money?