There are some concerns about the numbers in that report, because we're comparing turnaround times with actual targets, which are theoretical limits.
We have concerns about long turnaround times, and in the last year we've put a lot of effort into reducing our turnaround times. Our most recent figures in biology are projected to be in the range of 54 days for an average turnaround time. That doesn't mean we don't have a lot of important cases that are in the lab for several months. If we do some easy cases quickly, it's going to make those look good compared to the older cases, and we get an average, so our average has come down.
We would like to have all cases out in 30 days, and that's what we hear from the police officers in many instances. However, when the survey we did last winter asked them which cases they need quickly, their answers ranged from 30 days for an important case, such as homicide, to 60 or 90 days for break and enters. That is somewhat opposite to the way we can easily do it in our laboratory.
We do know that the client wants the work out within a short period of time, and we can't always do that. We do put in provisions, as Ms. Séguin has indicated, that allow us to get the important things. The things that impact on public safety are done in a very short time, but the rest of that case might take several months to finish off.