Yes. Thank you, Mr. Fragiskatos, for the question.
For those who may not be aware, there is a division of responsibilities within family law where some areas are the responsibility of the federal government and others the provincial government There are some corresponding elements where superior courts versus provincial courts will hear different aspects of family law disputes, based on which court has the specific jurisdiction. The unified family court has created a single court, regardless of what kind of family law dispute you may be dealing with, where you can arrive and have a single court adjudicate between the parties.
The stories that I heard long before I was in this position, including in my own community, were that it's a game-changer for families who are going through some of the most difficult periods of their lives. When you're dealing with the breakdown of a relationship, potential custody challenges or the division of assets, you're going to the same place to have a range of different elements of your dispute heard rather than breaking it up through different appointments on different days at different locations.
We've seen the somewhat rapid expansion of unified family courts across Canada. I'm yet to find a jurisdiction that has embraced this and has been of the view that it's a mistake. It's quite the contrary. In jurisdictions that have embraced this approach, you see the expansion of these services. The eight judges who are being repurposed for unified family courts would be one example of that expansion—in this case, establishing a new unified family court in Brampton. This would allow individuals who are having their cases heard there to have streamlined access to services in a way that is more centred around the user of the legal system rather than the administrators.