On our side, on the opposition side of course, we hold the government to account. When we receive the legislation, when legislation is first presented in Parliament at first reading, it comes to my desk and my job as justice critic for the official opposition is to study the bill and get back to my colleagues from the official opposition. With the help of research and a few experts, I make a recommendation on whether we should support the bill for more study at committee, or if we should oppose the bill. Then I get what we call the “notes” ready for debate, from which my colleagues can find some inspiration for the brilliant speeches they make every day in the House.
I agree with my colleague, Mr. Dechert, that we have been super busy at justice committee. Not as a reformed lawyer, because I'm still a very proud lawyer, this permits me to keep my trade up-to-date pretty much every day with the vast legislation agenda of this government.
You were also asking if that was it. No, because we have a lot of things to do in the House. We have other legislation that sometimes is not under the justice portfolio but in which we take part as debaters, plus all the work we do in our constituency offices. All in all, it's a pretty busy life I would say.