Thank you very much.
There was a further comment from the prior Solicitor General in terms of spending. I'll give the actual statistics. The cut was from $42,892,557 in his administration, the Liberal government's, when he was the minister, to $22,438,557. Those were the overall program cuts to the employment and employability programs. That's just to clarify, for the record.
The other thing I will mention is that it seems amazing to me that the other side would suggest and compliment a California-based program with statistics that show a program working really well when all prior comments from the Liberals on this committee have done nothing but trash the U.S. correctional system. It's an amazing chain of events at this committee today, to find there's a program in the United States....
Perhaps you'd like to comment on the last question I'd like to ask you. What it boils down to is that part of the review of developing a strategic plan is to make sure all things are considered, that there's good value for taxpayers' dollars and we are getting the safety of our citizens put first and foremost in all the programs we do in corrections. Would you please comment on whether or not that complete analysis was done prior to making these decisions to move away from this model?