Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The issue of backlog is fairly interesting. One of the sure but partial solutions to it would be for the government to get on with making the appointments to the judiciary that are open, but I suppose the criteria for the list are so small that it might be difficult to do that quickly.
In any event, I'd like any of the witnesses to tell me whether any of you went to or kept abreast of the first ministers meeting on justice recently and the Canadian Bar Association meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland.