Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As the minister pointed out, our initial projection for this first year was that approximately 1,300 offenders would be coming into the system who were not anticipated. As of our count at the end of February, we had 520 more offenders than at the same time last year. So our actual inflow is lower than our anticipated costs. As both the minister and I have pointed out in the past, we monitor these figures very closely on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
Our earlier assumptions on the uptake of C-25 by the judiciary did not occur at a rate that we anticipated, so that's part of the numbers. There may still be an increase coming in the near future, or it may be at the lower rate we're seeing now. But we continue to monitor that very closely.