Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Kitchener Centre for her question and her concern on this particular issue.
The funding that was announced in the February 18 budget means that IPOC will continue to pursue assets and money gained illegally. To date the program has contributed to seizures of criminal assets of more than $215 million and forfeitures of more than $86 million. It has referred cases worth $89 million to other jurisdictions in Canada and abroad.
The government will continue to work hard on this issue. What we are trying to do is to take the profits out of crime.