Again, you make a very good point. When you bring about efficiencies in the criminal justice system, many times people ask how much it is costing. I say that if the system runs better, it's more cost effective. I'll give you an example.
I was told by provincial attorneys general that the practice of giving two for one credit to individuals who were detained in provincial facilities awaiting the outcome of their charges was a huge cost to the provinces. I shouldn't say two for one credit, because I appreciate that in some places it was three for one. They were all unanimous in telling me that this was clogging up the provincial courts and the provincial remand centres. Provincial resources were being directed toward that.
I was only too pleased to indicate to them that the Government of Canada was very much interested in doing something about that. So, yes, we did bring in that bill, as I mentioned in my opening remarks. The system works better when we address issues like that. We listened to our provincial counterparts on that, and that was a success as well.