We are eagerly awaiting the passage of the miscarriage of justice act because of its disproportionate impacts on some communities, including indigenous communities, in Canada.
What Mr. Fortin continues to ignore is that an absolute requirement of bilingualism is in place for the commission. Imposing that on all nine commissioners would mean that well-qualified people who speak a first nations language plus one of the other official languages in Canada would be excluded from appointments, if his hard and fast rule were applied.
I want to ask more generally on that question about the progress being made on the recommendations—the calls to justice—about the missing and murdered indigenous women. There are 231 calls in the areas for which you're responsible as a minister. There has been some criticism that the result has been mostly committees and very little hard action to address those concerns.
Can you speak about the progress that's being made in the area of justice?