I don't know how many lawyers are here, but I really find it obscene, this amount that a judge makes. It's $314,000 a year. It's a king's ransom.
I am actually disgusted to see it. I hope Ms. McLachlin hears me, because I don't think it's fair in our Canadian society. The judges aren't even in the 1%—they're in the top 0.1% of people in Canada.... I don't think that in our just society it's something that we should have happening. I see that judges are getting a raise. I notice that military personnel haven't received a raise in over five years, yet for judges we continue to see a raise.
That's my comment. That's all I have to say.
Anyway, may they continue to be independent.