Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Ferguson, I want to follow up on the line of questioning from Mr. McKinnon.
It's quite obvious in your report, on page 2, that you directly tie the current difficulties in access to public legal assistance to the federal government's decision to transfer funds to the Canada social transfer back in the 1990s.
Mr. McKinnon quoted from page 5 of your report. Just above where he quoted, it says that in the year 2000 you urged “the enactment of federal legislation to establish access to legal representation as an essential service”.
This committee is going to be issuing a report. We're going to have some recommendations, and of course we want those recommendations backed up by witness testimony. For our recommendation to the Minister of Justice from this specific report, can you give us some ideas of what key components you want to see in that legislative framework so that hopefully we do see a government bill come as a result?