I believe that my predecessor, Dyane Adam, has already made a presentation on this topic to the committee. I agree that it should be an important selection criterion. The Supreme Court is currently exempt.
Allow me to speak in more general terms. In my opinion, linguistic capability is becoming more important when it comes to leadership in Canada, and not only in the legal field. All of the political parties have come to understand this. We can live in only one language in Canada's regions, but I think that in order to play a real leadership role in this country, one must be able to speak both languages. This means that not only are secondary schools responsible, but so too are the universities, and in this case, the faculties of law.
If it is well understood at the outset that one must master both official languages in order to rise through the ranks within a given profession, this will have a broad implication for professional faculties.