Thank you, Anna.
I will give you my abbreviated version, since time is of the essence today.
As Anna mentioned, this is the second element of division 10, which essentially provides for the establishment of 27 new judicial positions in the superior, trial, and appellate courts across the country. These increases in the judicial complement are intended to address workload pressures facing many of the courts, including those arising as a result of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Jordan.
If you refer to clause 208, you'll see the breakdown: there will be an increase of 11 judges to the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, and one judge to the Yukon Supreme Court. These amendments are to respond to needs that have to date been demonstrated.
The balance of the amendments found in clause 211 authorize the creation of a pool of judges, which would comprise 12 new judges that can be appointed to the provincial superior courts, and three new judges to the provincial appellate superior courts. These 15 positions will basically be allocated across Canada to help ensure that needs in those jurisdictions are met.
We are working right now with our colleagues in the various jurisdictions to develop the sort of objective data that will be necessary to demonstrate that there is a need there. At that point, the appointments would be made.
That's my short version. I'm happy to take questions.