Thank you very much. Those were two excellent presentations here, and I have a number of questions.
Ms. Govender, there is the whole area of what gets funded and what doesn't get funded, and you set out very clearly the differences between family law and criminal law in terms of legal aid and other assistance. In the time that I practised law in both those areas, after a few years, I came to the conclusion that people who were going through family law problems were more devastated and more personally affected many times than people who were going through the criminal justice system. I found that people who go through the criminal justice system have a little better control of everything than many people going through the family law area.
I know it's a little bit complicated with respect to funding from the federal government, whether it's going to justice or it's under the social transfer, but what are your thoughts? Why are the cuts always in the family law area? Presumably there are people who understand that area of the law and how devastating and challenging it can be. You set out a number of things there. What do you think the reason for this is? It can't be just the complications of federal-provincial funding. Why is it that they always cut the family law funding?