Either of us is happy to take the question.
Let's take a look at what is being proposed. We know today that there are federal and provincial entities that are involved in both the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes. On the federal side, they don't sit under one roof. The expertise is spread out across different organizations. By bringing them together, we have an opportunity to benefit from their collective expertise, which will be enhanced by virtue of their ability to more easily collaborate.
In addition, as Minister Anandasangaree pointed out, there is going to be an injection of resources to provide a greater opportunity, with more people working in this system, to help combat these crimes.
When you take it a step further and you look at the international landscape, you realize that Canada's lack of a financial crimes agency disadvantages us in our opportunities to work with allies in an area of law and crime that is increasingly transborder, digital and fast-moving. When you look at a variety of different factors that will see more resources deployed more efficiently and on a wider scale, the case becomes obvious.
The best part of this is that at the end of the day, when you successfully prosecute crimes, not only are you tearing apart a business model that's doing great harm to Canadians through criminal organizations, but you're also benefiting from the proceeds of crime, which helps offset the cost of moving forward with some of these activities.
From my point of view, it is a cost-effective way to gather expertise to allow it to operate more efficiently and on a global scale.