Okay. Thank you.
Ms. Flaherty, you stated that there are three kinds of requirements for a merit-based appointment process. One is experience in the subject matter; another is aptitude to adjudicate; and the third is cultural competency. Experience is an easy one, something one could look at somebody's resumé or CV to see if they have it.
How do you suggest aptitude be taken into consideration? How do you look at aptitude, especially if someone has no judicial background, whereas, say, if a provincial court judge is being appointed to a federal body like the Supreme Court, you could look at previous decisions to see the basis for them? Even for a person who is not a judge, you can see their litigation background and perhaps get some aptitude criteria.
How do you get that from somebody who does not have legal experience or who has no adjudication background?