Administering the oath and dealing with the rights and responsibilities happens in a primarily ceremonial way in a public fashion. I've been at some of those ceremonies, and they can be quite moving, as we noticed through some of the testimony here. I consider one of the qualifications to be that judges be able to relate to newcomers who are taking their oath of citizenship. I mean that they be not only able to relate to them, but able to speak to them at their level and be personable in that way. Would you agree with me?
On January 30th, 2007. See this statement in context.