A lot of work has been done, especially in terms of the Criminal Code. Because of the requirements imposed on the provinces anywhere in the country under sections 530 and 530.1, they have had to appoint judges able to hear cases in French. So that has already been accomplished.
Work has also been done so that the staff as a whole can speak French to the parties, not just the judges in the court and the hearing rooms, but also the clerks and reception people. In addition, some mechanisms allow provincial and municipal governments to exercise the powers they have under the federal government’s Contraventions Act. There has been a transfer between the federal government and other levels of government in order to provide access to the legal system.
Finally, the funding provided by the federal government to organizations like the Centre canadien de français juridique inc. means that court staff can use French in the legal system. This program, funded by the federal government, is hugely successful because it provides people with genuine skills that they can immediately use on the front lines.