CSC would have to register both the income and the expense or the monetary award and the debt. Then they would have to administer payments. There is a schedule contemplated in the bill, but it's not clear to me, for example, what would happen if an inmate received a structured settlement. It's not clear to me, as I said, what would happen if there were a change or an appeal or a variance at some later date.
It's also not clear to what extent CSC would be responsible for maintaining the accuracy and the currency of that, and perhaps even for posting warrant expiry. It's also not clear what would happen during the period of time when an offender might be on conditional release in the community, let's say on day parole, and working and having another source of income.
It's also not clear what would happen and how funds would be received and disbursed if there were an out-of-court settlement or if there were a settlement resulting from CSC's negligence, for example, if there was a claim against the crown regarding the destruction of personal property. It's not clear to me whether even the drafter of the bill would have contemplated that.
If an inmate is transferred from one institution to another, for example, and has a radio that's worth $50 and the radio is broken during the transfer and it's clearly CSC negligence that caused that damage, then if that offender is given $50 or another radio, that's a monetary award from the crown. How would that factor into further disbursements? Those are everyday, practical considerations. The principle of debt recovery, as you say, is not the issue; but the operational challenges, I think, are considerable.