My question is for Mr. Fraser.
On page 2 of the English version of your document, it says:
The second, but perhaps most important, pertains to the shortage of bilingual judges in provincial superior courts.
In the province of Quebec, judges are appointed by the provincial government, but there are also Superior Court judges. However, when we were working on the issue of judicial appointment committees, we learned that the Superior Court judges appointed in Quebec were assigned to criminal cases in only 2% of cases. So 98% of criminal cases go before provincial judges. If I have understood correctly, this applies only to Superior Court judges, i.e. to those appointed by the federal government. The remaining 98% of judges are not affected by this recommendation.