Thank you, Mr. Fraser and Maître Tremblay, for your presence here today.
I have a couple of questions. You alluded to this special advocates program that I referenced. I'm confident that my friend Mr. Nicholson will be standing up for it, since it was his creation. I don't know why I'm the one who seems to be promoting it.
I want to make really clear a point that you alluded to, which was that you were relieved that Department of Justice lawyers weren't your lawyers.
Just to be crystal clear, that was of course never what happened in the department in the special advocates program. It was just housed administratively there. Other lawyers—I was one of them—were called from across the country, and still are, to represent people who are accused of terrorism-related issues with respect to immigration matters.
My only point in raising it is that I am personally very concerned about the administrative costs of this program, particularly when we hear not of not one, not two, but three streams, and different places. I think we really need to look hard at how we can save money and husband the resources.
I simply wanted to clarify that since you alluded to it.