Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Field and Mr. McKillop, thank you very much for appearing before the committee today.
I want to visit specifically the issue of civil legal aid. On December 13 last year, we heard testimony from the Canadian Bar Association about the Canada social transfer and how there tends to be finger pointing between the federal government and the provincial government. That can be true for a lot of different areas. The federal government can say that they do fund civil legal aid, that it's in the Canada social transfer. Then the provinces can say that, no, they don't, because we use that money for other stuff.
We have testimony from colleagues of yours from other provinces, specifically Alberta, who appeared before the Senate committee. They've noted that the announcement of new funding for legal aid programs doesn't really do all that much.
What I want is a little bit more testimony from you on the Canada social transfer and to know how we should prioritize funding for civil legal aid. Do you find, as in Ontario's example, it sometimes gets lost in the mess?