Thank you very much, Ms. Roussel.
We greatly appreciate your testimony.
Before I move to questions, I want to explain to those watching at home how Ms. Roussel was selected as the candidate who's appearing before this committee.
There is a process set out in subsection 4(1) of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act that sets out a statutory selection committee, which is composed of a representative of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, representatives of each recognized party in the House of Commons, the deputy minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, the deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general, and a person selected by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
As part of the selection process, Ms. Roussel underwent two interviews—one with the pre-selection committee and one with the statutory selection committee—an evaluation of second language skills, and reference checks. We're sort of the final step in the process.
I just wanted Canadians to know that.
We're going to move to questions, and we'll start with the Conservatives.
Mr. Nicholson.