I would like to see earmarked funds go to family law and legal aid in the provinces. There is precedent for that with the transfer that was made on criminal legal aid. It can be done. I do think there is a role for the federal government in it. I think there was a case you referred to earlier with the previous panel.
There have been some important cases from the Supreme Court of Canada on access to justice. Yes, they have said that there's no generalizable right to counsel, but they have also gone far in saying that access to justice is a constitutional principle and that the federal government in particular, under the Constitution Act of 1867, has a jurisdictional role to protect the right to access justice.
I think there are a lot of reasons to support tied transfer funds. Where there isn't political will in the provinces, I think the feds can step in, in that capacity.