Without question, provinces and territories have not seen an increase in legal aid funding since 2003. I'm very pleased that in our budget, $88 million has been allocated to support legal aid. I have met with my counterparts in the provinces and territories, and understand the need in each of those provinces and territories, including Alberta.
We are in the process of working with the provinces and territories to see how the monies can be best allocated, having regard to the increase in population, as you mentioned, but also, and this has come out very loudly and clearly from provinces and territories who have, with limited monies for legal aid, become very innovative in terms of their programming—and that's not to say there isn't a need for additional monies—ensuring that we are working with the provinces and territories on these innovations that they have, and ensuring that we provide the necessary resources to the provinces and territories, including Alberta.