Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for appearing today.
Thanks to the witnesses.
In essence, I guess the recommendations have been reviewed. Of course, you balance them on the necessity of attracting good candidates and on the necessity of having the independence of the judiciary tempered against a background of fiscal restraint. In this case, we've gone with the status quo. That means the salaries will remain the same, subject to annual indexation.
I also note that the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association were very pleased with the results and the process. It causes me to wonder about Mr. Cotler's argument and his suspicion that somehow this could be anti-constitutional when major stakeholders such as the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association are both pleased with the results and the process. So the suspicion of anti-constitutionality...I really don't know where that comes from.