I appreciate the answer.
One of the members, Mr. Scott, had mentioned earlier that he appreciated the fullness of the government's response to the quadrennial Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission's report. I would like to take a moment on that. To recommendation 11 you responded that you were open to further ideas and to working with future commissions to make the process better. I think part of your answer was in regard to time, which shows respect. It was not only that the government significantly complied with a very comprehensive response, but that it did so in a timely way.
Minister, under the Judges Act, the Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission must be established every four years beginning on September 1. It must deliver its report within nine months, so that would be June 1 of the following year. The Minister of Justice must respond publicly to the report within six months of its release, normally by December 1. You have proposed some changes, which you mentioned in your opening statement. You proposed that the time for response to the commission's report be reduced from six to four months. It sounded as though you believed this would allow sufficient time for the development of a government response and subsequent ratification by cabinet. The question is whether by doing these changes we are going to see a better process going forward in regard to the concerns about time and other suggestions.