Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
In the previous round when I only got one question, I was able to ask the minister about the wisdom of reductions in three areas: access to justice in both languages fund, youth justice services, and the aboriginal justice strategy fund, and the minister responded. Now I'm going to look at the other side of the ledger, namely projected increases. I think that demonstrates that the cuts need not be uniform, that they are in effect a judgment call.
I support this first increase, but that's $14.4 million for the renewal of funding for the delivery of immigration and refugee legal aid. I have no problem with that. I know why it's done, and I support it. What about the overall federal contribution to legal aid services for all Canadians, on both the criminal and the civil sides? Has funding been increased or decreased?