Yes, that seems like a lot of money. We have about 3,000 employees. We have some at our head office in Ottawa and others all across Canada. We have four regional offices and a number of district offices. We do actually have officers in Afghanistan and more than 30 people abroad. That is just the cost of the staff.
Making a security system work, collecting and coordinating information, requires a lot of technology. Coordinating our activities with those of security services around the world requires a lot of energy and effort. If we add the benefits provided to our employees and the capital costs, all that put together amounts to approximately half a billion dollars.