The $2-million decrease is not something Quebec brought to our attention, at least not mine. As I was telling the honourable member earlier in relation to legal aid, I think the provinces are more focused right now on figuring out how to deal with the backlog of cases given that the courts significantly scaled back their operations during the pandemic. That is the top-of-mind issue currently, the one monopolizing the conversation. The other big issue right now is racism and the unconscious bias in the justice system; the focus is on how we can measure the system's effectiveness to reduce the repercussions on visible minorities. Those are really the two main priorities receiving the most attention at this time.
On March 11th, 2021. See this statement in context.