I don't think it is. I think this is a system that has worked well. When I discussed this, as a member of this committee, with Ray Hnatyshyn in 1988, there was no suggestion that this was the final word on it, or that this was going to be entrenched for all time. I remember back in 1988 that it was more of an experiment to try to get some input to the Minister of Justice, and there have been modifications to it over the years.
On the other part of your question, about other countries, it's very difficult to compare. I live in a border community, and every couple of years I'm inundated with American programming about judges running for election. How can we compare it to that system? I've studied the German Constitution, and it's a very complicated process. We have what is known as the Westminster model, whereby in our Constitution it's the Crown that makes these appointments, in the person of the Governor General, on recommendations.