In answer to your second question, I don't really have any, except to simply constantly work to try to cast the net as broadly as possible to ensure that no one who could make a contribution is missed. Some of that is also, perhaps, a function of things like universal design to make sure that questionnaires are designed in such a way that people get a chance to put their own case forward as well as possible, rather than simply being limited.
We sometimes think that the way we frame a question works for everybody. It may not, so there's that case.
In terms, also, of indigenous representation, yes, we are seeing a growing number of people. Also, in a previous process I remember having a discussion with Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations, thinking that there should be, perhaps, an interesting discussion about whether there should be a seat on the Supreme Court of Canada for an indigenous person. Of course, we have to remember that the indigenous communities are very varied also. We have first nations, Métis and Inuit people. How do we get that reflection? I think we will have members of those communities on the court, but I think it is also important that anyone who's on the court has the capacity to encompass those new ways of thinking about old obligations in our law.
We have a lot of interesting things to think about in terms of the role of our court. I'm not somebody who's interested in change for change's sake, but I also live in a Canada that is very different from what it was when I was a young woman. Many things....
Incidentally, I was thinking just the other day about how Parliament led in the changes in things like LGBTQ rights. These were not changes that were led by the court, so I think Parliament still has a very important role, as you showed yesterday in the bill that was signed. I think that leadership comes from there, as well. That also has an impact on the court.
I'm giving you a long answer to a short question, which is simply to say I am optimistic, but I also think that it's a time when so much is happening with respect to indigenous developments in Canada, for instance, the creation of an indigenous law program in western Canada, that we are so much more open now in the same way that we're much more open to LGBTQ rights than we were when I was young. All of a sudden, sometimes, a lid gets taken off and we say, boy, have we been stupid about this. We'd better catch up to create justice in this area, as well.
The reflection of indigenization, indigenous values, in our legal system is something that we need to think about. Is it enough just to have judges with indigenous life experience, or should there be a more formal approach to it? I don't know the answer, but I'm really pleased that people are asking this question. At least, I'm asking it.