Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the officials for staying with our committee.
I want to focus my question on the part of the supplementary estimates that provide additional funds for legal aid for refugees. I want to place this in the context of the ascendancy of a second Trump presidency. Trump will, of course, be inaugurated on January 20. We know that members of his inner circle have been talking about mass deportations.
I'm curious about that. I'm not asking you to comment on American politics, but rather to look ahead and inform this committee about how the Department of Justice is preparing for what that could mean at the Canadian border. Are these supplementary estimates and your plans taking into account what the situation might be post January 20? Do you expect the demand for these types of services to increase post January 20? Are any departmental plans being put to work to prepare for that contingency?