Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Specifically on the lawyers' fees and so forth that the honourable Member is referring to, the Legal Services Board, even though funded by the Department of Justice, is an agency that runs this program. It is a challenging mandate in trying to manage its budget and at the same time provide legal services for residents. Because of the deficit position for the fiscal year, the executive director in his letter indicated that he will not authorize the discretionary funding unless very compelling circumstances exist. So it is still there. If it is really needed, then he would approve it. The lawyers have to state their case.
So it is not a unilateral cut to all the discretionary needs of the lawyers. Having said that, until this budget is approved and we get into a new fiscal year, the Legal Services Board will be reviewing that specific policy early to determine that and revisit it again. We will probably get back to how it was before.
The bigger review that we are talking about will also address the exact questions the honourable Member has in trying to determine how to improve the existing program. Thank you.