Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Chair. The numbers as of Tuesday, as of two days ago, we have decreased that pardon backlog from 22,320 files to 12,066. So over the next year our goal is to reduce that right down to zero, obviously.
However, we have funding in place now for the next six months, until September, and we're cash managing within our own budget to ensure that we can look at efficiencies as we go through the year and at opportunities to ensure that we can effectively spend the budget that we have. However, we hope to be, by September, at approximately 6,000 left to review.
One of the major concerns that we have as well is working with our partners in the community, with the local police agencies, and with the courts to ensure that the final documents that are being provided by applicants are final. So those are taking some time as some policing agencies have been swamped with requests from the Parole Board, from ourselves, asking for the information. However, we have made great strides over the last year, and we'll continue to do that over the next year.