Mr. Nicholson raised the issue of pro bono legal services. One of the areas that was cited in the report on maximization of federal investment in criminal legal aid was the fact that in legal aid systems across Canada there is a reliance on lawyers to do a lot of different things in the providing of legal aid services.
One of the recommendations in that report was more utilization of paralegals and law students, whether it be in terms of handling applications or other aspects of the providing of legal aid services. I was wondering if you might be able to comment on that.