Thank you, Minister. It certainly seems that it has become quite urgent when we see, for example, in Alberta a serious fraud case thrown out. It looks as if this week perhaps two sexual assault cases may be thrown out for delay, so I would reiterate that the appointments are urgently needed now, but I appreciate the answer.
Turning to a different topic with the remaining time I have, the June 6 deadline that the Supreme Court issued to the stay on the declaration of constitutional invalidity is coming up. Obviously, Bill C-14 is moving forward in the House of Commons, but in conversations I have had with Senate colleagues, there seems to be a general consensus that the legislation may not get through the Senate by the June 6 deadline.
In that scenario, what steps is the federal government going to take? What are you going to do as minister? Would you, for example, consider bringing forward an application to the Supreme Court for a short-term extension to allow sufficient time to make sure that legislation can get passed before we end up in a situation where there could be a vacuum with no law and no certainty for physicians, for patients, and no safeguards for the vulnerable?