Thank you.
I'm not sure I understand exactly, because federal policy is somewhat removed in some ways. Apart from our funding to the provinces and territories for victims' services, we don't generally provide direct services to victims. We do have a couple of specific funds available, one funding pot for victims to attend parole hearings and another for Canadian victims of crime abroad. If they do have concerns, there's a complaint mechanism in place at the federal Department of Justice as per the requirements under the Canadian victims bill of rights.
We have heard from our provincial and territorial counterparts who deliver victims' services across the country that victims are often mostly interested in information, and that is a key piece. That's one of the reasons we work with them in the implementation of the Canadian victims bill of rights to help them at the provincial level to enhance their means of providing information to victims at different stages in the process.
Certainly we do at the federal level. The direct contact will be primarily through correctional services, so victims can register. They can register with the Correctional Service of Canada and the Parole Board if they are a victim of a federal offender, so there are mechanisms by which they can then receive information.