There are two issues.
First, a couple of years ago a process was put in place for selection of citizenship judges. It was supposed to be temporary, but it's still there. It's time to do a review of that process. One of the challenges with it from various reports is that it seems to be cumbersome and concentrates the decision-making power to an unacceptable degree. I have instructed that a review be done of that process to make sure it's open and transparent, but that could take some time.
We do have a shortage of judges at the moment, and there are more openings coming up. There is also a backlog of people needing citizenship swearing-in ceremonies and such, and the services of the judges. Those people deserve to have service, so we are moving forward making appointments as openly and transparently as possible based on the criteria that the appointees must be merit-based. The ones who've come forward have already gone through some processes. Going forward, we are going to make sure that it is competence-based and that we deliver the services Canadians need and deserve.