Thank you, Madam Clerk, and thank you, committee, for your confidence.
We're in meeting number 35 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Today is Wednesday, September 30, 2009.
As you have seen, the agenda for today contains only one item, which is the election of the chair and the vice-chairs. In order for us to continue and hear a witness on Bill C-232, we need to have the unanimous consent of the committee. Do I have that unanimous consent? All right. For the record, we have unanimous consent to proceed.
We are proceeding with Bill C-232, An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages). It's my pleasure to welcome here to our committee the representative from the Law Society of New Brunswick, Marie-Claude Bélanger-Richard. Welcome here.
I think you've been told that you have 10 minutes to present. Then we're going to open up the floor to questions from our members. Please go ahead.