Again, if you'll allow me, Ms. Diab, I'll start and then ask Ms. Corado to follow up as required.
There are more complaints made nowadays than in past years, and that is not surprising in light of people's being more informed about their rights and having access to various information. There are more judges, as well. Last year, there were over 600 complaints; the majority of those were maybe excluded or dismissed by the executive director. The reason is that many of those are often related to matters that should be appealed and are not related to the conduct of the judge. Those are a lot of these cases, and a lot of these cases, as well—or complaints, I should say—are in the area of family law, where passions are high. The issue of access to children is, obviously, a very sensitive area, and people may well be very upset with any decision that may be rendered that does not please them.
Some other complaints are simply frivolous or illegible; we receive some anonymous complaints as well. Those that make their way up to a member of the conduct committee, then to a panel and, ultimately, to what exists now as an inquiry panel are, obviously, some very concerning issues for the council. Council takes great pride in ensuring that the judiciary across Canada can be respected—that public confidence in the judiciary is maintained—so it takes very seriously any complaint that may raise issues about that public confidence.
There are not a lot of them, but they certainly make more headlines than others, and that is certainly fair. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that these are stand-alones at the end of the day. The majority of the complaints that we receive, as I said, may often be dismissed at an earlier stage, and you hear more about those stand-alone issues.