This is a request that was sent using the existing supplementary budget request mechanism. I haven't heard anything from either the Minister of Justice or the Department of Finance. I don't have a lot of hope for additional money. It's unfortunate because I'm an independent officer of Parliament, but I must report to those departments in order to receive additional money to carry out my mandate.
Fortunately, we received fewer complaints this year, so we're able to meet the demand, but my backlog isn't decreasing much because the number of applications coming in is equal to the number of applications processed. We should definitely have a way to get money when we need it to meet the demand, or to give money back if there is a drop in the number of requests. This is a process that I think should be independent of the government.