In essence, what I'm suggesting is that there seems to be a groundswell of opinion and widespread recognition that all of these kinds of mental health programs, diversion programs, bail beds is good stuff. Everybody wants to get behind it. What I see, though, is a lack of coordination. I'm eager to make the point here today that as you're considering increasing the investment in legal aid, as I hope you are, this is an opportunity that can be grabbed. I think that a little bit of vision and a little bit of leadership on this issue can help all the parts add up to more than just the sum of the parts.
Everybody wants to do the right thing and everyone is trying to do the right thing and everybody is innovating and eager to do this. There's a lot of support for it. I think what we lack right now is coordination and coherency among the federal government, the provincial government, and the health care systems and other social support systems in the provinces.
I see the potential for a coherent program to come out of all of this, whereas right now it's kind of ad hoc. Each court and each locality is trying to cobble something together, but it's very localized and it often comes down to individuals. I would suggest that right now it's probably under-resourced. A little bit more investment in this and a little bit more of a framework or a structure for it would help it add up to what it wants to be right now.