Indeed, when Quebec committed to this in 1996 an agreement was reached with the federal government to subsidize part of our contribution to the national data bank. The agreement was to be permanent. We negotiate this agreement every three to five years, with optional years.
We have not had a permanent agreement since 2007 and we are currently negotiating with the federal government to that effect. We have not yet come to an agreement. It should be noted that contributions to the national data bank involves additional work.
As has been stated by Ontario our cases are never closed. So long as a case remains unsolved, it remains open. In time, police officers can make new requests. They have to do with cases dating back to 2001 on which we have to redo analyses. Cases remain open so long as they are not solved. You can understand how exponential the effect can be.