Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Madam Minister, for being here and for your presentation.
Before I ask some questions about the process that your government has unveiled with respect to Supreme Court appointments, I have one question that I want to ask in light of the comments that were made by Chief Justice McLachlin, as reported in the Ottawa Citizen, about the fact that we have in Canada 44 judicial vacancies, and the negative impact this is having on the administration of justice across Canada. It's on whether you have appointed, as of today, a judicial affairs adviser.