Okay.
My amendment concerns subsection 2(2) of Bill C-3, which amends section 60 of the Judges Act.
Here's what the bill proposes to add to the legislation:
(3) The Council shall ensure that seminars on matters related to sexual assault law ...
I propose that “shall ensure” be replaced by “should ensure”.
All the amendments that I proposed stem from the testimony of the two judges who appeared before the committee and whose names I can't find. One judge is a former chief justice of Nova Scotia. These judges urged us to be careful when wording proposals and to not be overly directive with regard to the judges and the Canadian Judicial Council. Instead, they encouraged us to include in the text an invitation to the council to consider certain items regarding the content of the seminars. I think that it makes sense to show restraint. That's why I'm proposing these changes.
Here, “The Council shall ensure that” would be replaced by “The Council should ensure that”.