I'm glad you mentioned judges, because as you would know, while not referenced in the budget specifically, there was an increase in budget with respect to the number of judges now in Quebec, with respect to the number of judges in Alberta. That is, without a doubt, a very important area of expenditure. Certain challenges that you're aware of—we won't go into detail here—have delayed the ability to appoint some of those judges. That issue has now been resolved at the Supreme Court. The judge in terms of a transfer has now taken place and we can move forward.
You also referenced impaired driving. Look, I appeared regularly in provincial court as a prosecutor. Sadly, then as now, we are still seeing far too much carnage on the highways. Far too many of these charges take up an inordinate amount of time in the court. I note with interest that some provinces have proceeded with a provincial administrative approach, which has accelerated the ability in those provinces to deal with that volume of cases. We're looking at that. We're working with our provincial partners to see if there are things we can do at the federal level as well.
With regard to overall expenditures in the area of justice, many areas of criminality are in decline. That is of course something we are tracking very closely at the department. I referenced the child advocacy centres, because that is an area where we are seeing an increase, sadly, in terms of the volume of cases, and more importantly in terms of victimization.
To that end, you can never lose sight, in terms of these budgetary matters, of the overall picture, which is that we're making record transfers to provinces like yours and mine. In the case of Nova Scotia, there is a 31% overall increase in funding transfers that go to areas of the criminal justice system, that go to areas of health, and that go to areas of education, all of which intersect around many of these issues.
I mentioned cyberbullying. We are seeing a more active approach taken across the country with regard to how the education system is now allowing kids to get more direct information on how these very insidious activities online affect them, and where they can get help. That's also important in our—