Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Minister, for being here, and Mr. Sims as well.
I think it was the last time you were before us on estimates that I had asked the question about the legal aid boycott in Ontario and whether the federal government was being assigned the cost of defences. I was told at that point--actually I think I got it as a note at the end of that meeting, and I'm not sure it went on the record--that there is $1.6 million set aside each year for that type of court order, to provide legal counsel to the accused.
I know the boycott ended in the last few weeks, or a month or so ago. Has all of that money been used up? Did we exceed the amount?