Colleagues, I see a quorum.
We are on time and online. We are now reviewing Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Judges Act and certain other Acts in relation to courts.
We have today witnesses on that bill, continuing our hearings of yesterday. From the Canadian Bar Association, we have Robert Leurer and Tamra Thomson, whom I recognize from many appearances here at the justice committee. We also have an individual, Patrice Garant, who is a professor at the University of Laval.
Let's begin. I would ask the witnesses to make a presentation of relatively short duration, and we'll take the witnesses in sequence, beginning with the Canadian Bar Association. Then we'll have questions following that.
The floor is yours.