At the last meeting I committed that we would have in our next annual report a more detailed breakdown of the costs. The costs that are reflected in the annual report only relate to specific activities. I can tell you that for the cost for salaries and operating of the program—and I think we have somewhere in the neighbourhood of 34 coordinators in the program—it's approximately $5.5 million a year. Now, the costs can vary for the entire cost of the program because sometimes awards or protection measures that we have to put in place vary quite a bit between one witness and another. What I'd like to see—and I will provide it in the next report—is a more detailed breakdown of the costs so it gives a little clearer picture. When we say we “cost-recover” when we work with other law enforcement agencies, we don't bill them back for salary dollars. We just assume that cost internally. We do bill them if there's a cost. Say the apartment is $1,000 a month; then we'll send a bill back to that agency and say “You will pay that bill for us.”
On June 7th, 2007. See this statement in context.