Interestingly enough, Mr. Easter, who is visiting our committee today, was actually the Solicitor General during that period. Now, I'm not asking him to explain the answer to that question, but this is half the program spending in that period of time, the time when he was indeed in that position. It did rise in subsequent years, and in fact peaked out to almost exactly what it is today last year.
I point that out because I also have to.... It skirts the question, as we heard from the opposition member here, of the importance of these. Why he didn't expand them during those years is perhaps another question. Is there a reason they didn't get expanded? In fact, Quebec doesn't even have this type of facility and never did have. Could you explain that to us? Why weren't they expanded during that period of time?