Thank you, Chair, and thank you, witnesses, for being here. This is a very important study. We're studying judges judging judges.
At this committee we've heard testimony on previous studies, one on the victims of crime and another on the defence of extreme intoxication. We are hearing from witnesses who feel the justice system isn't very just to them.
We heard one executive director of an abused women's centre say that if this defence of extreme intoxication becomes permanent, as women, they receive the message loud and clear that they are not safe in Canada. Now, whether or not that position is justified, it is a commonly held understanding or perception of the justice system.
I'm moving on to the functionality of Bill C-9 and the functionality of the Canadian judicial system.
There is the case of Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Girouard, who is fighting the Canadian Judicial Council's recommendation that he be removed. It went through appeal and appeal and appeal. It's dragged on for years. Again, this puts the Canadian judicial system in a bad light in the eyes of the public.
This is for you, Ms. Corado.
How does Bill C‑9 improve the public perception of how justice is administered in Canada?