I share those concerns, in addition to getting additional funding for both criminal legal aid and refugee legal aid.
We do raise the discussion at federal-provincial-territorial meetings. It is provincial jurisdiction, the administration of justice in any particular province. We are encouraging better sharing of data, information and best practices across provinces. We have been actively engaged in redoing the criminal law funding formula, and the impact of that decision is coming into force as we speak. It is something we need to do in terms of filling those gaps and making sure that we can move forward. I do my best to encourage those best practices and to facilitate co-operation with respect to making those available across Canada.
I, too, have noted that, just above the threshold, there's a real problem, because there is a group of people who don't qualify for legal aid but who have a difficult time getting legal advice because it's costly.
We need to look at other solutions. There have been some things that have been suggested to me by the people I have met across Canada, with respect to tax incentives and that sort of thing, that allow lawyers to give services. I've seen some creative solutions in parts of Canada working very much at a local level. Again, this is something that we would have to work closely on with the provinces in order to achieve, because it is something in their areas of jurisdiction.