Justice committee  You're referring to the problems we faced in some regions when you were in office due to the fact that the salaries paid to federal prosecutors fell behind those paid to the provinces, and that in some regions we were losing prosecutors to provincial prosecution services. A few

Justice committee  I'll ask Mr. Dolhai to answer that question, as he is in charge of that particular branch of our organization.

Justice committee  The answer is yes.

Justice committee  We changed the model of collecting federal fines a few years ago. We used to collect the fines using members of staff at the PPSC. We decided that our ability to collect fines was limited by the number of staff we could dedicate to that task and decided therefore to try using a p

Justice committee  I am director of public prosecutions.

Justice committee  It resulted in a transfer of 20 full-time equivalents, 20 employees of the commissioner's office to our organization. The commissioner's budget was transferred to our organization, and that's in the range of $4 million a year. The law provided that the DPP has the right to appoin

Justice committee  No, there has not, to date. The transfer occurred in October 2014. We run the finances for the commissioner's office. In essence, our chief financial officer set up their financial systems. Also, his office would be subject to an audit by our internal audit section at some time

Justice committee  That's for simple possession of marijuana.

Justice committee  That's right.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Justice committee  I believe last time I appeared before this committee I was asked that question and I gave a number, for simple possession, of $3 million to $4 million, but we can—

Justice committee  Yes, that's for prosecuting simple possession cases.

Justice committee  Yes. Most of the money, most of the prosecution of simple possession cases are done by private sector lawyers, our agents.

Justice committee  We track it.

Justice committee  Yes.