Mr. Chairman, could I just respond briefly?
We looked at a variety of the best comparisons we could find, from government, from deputy ministers, from the heads of senior boards and commissions—some of them judicial—and from what the incomes were across the country in private practice. We did not limit ourselves to what the two sides—the government and the judges—put to us. We conducted our own research and we retained our own consultant, Morneau Sobeco, a very highly respected and very able firm that gave us wonderful input.
We also used our own experience as to what it took to become the kinds of judges who are necessary in this country. We distilled all of that, and we distilled it in some detail in our chapter 2, which I urge you to read.
We then came up collectively with the amount we recommended.