Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There's been quite a lot of discussion focused on the fine option program. We've learned that there are three provinces that don't have the fine option program. The fine option program is administration of justice. It's clearly a provincial competency, so it's not something we can delve into.
The opposition seems to be equating the absence of a fine option program to a form of undue hardship. Yet you have explained to us that provinces that don't have a fine option program proper have other means. We've talked about payment through Revenue Canada and suspension of driver's licences.
In the case of the victim surcharge, the fund goes to the province. Could a province that didn't have a fine option program use the funds from the fine option program to set up a fine option program?