Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'll start with you, Mr. Goldberg, if I may.
When we began this particular part of our study on access to justice, we started by interviewing members of the Department of Justice who could give us a technical briefing and overview of the plan. I was going over their testimony and they were giving us the facts and figures. Since 2001, the federal legal aid program has provided an annual contribution of $11.5 million to six provinces for the delivery of immigration and refugee legal aid services.
Here we are in 2017, and I'd just like to hear your feedback on that static number and how it has compared with client demand over that time.