Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks, General, to you and your colleagues for your presence here and for the work you've done in preparing a terrific package of information on the bill.
I think clause 45 talks about military judges' inquiries, which would be similar to a process that might be undertaken under the Canadian Judicial Council with respect to the discipline of a military judge. This is not self-serving, because I don't aspire to be a military judge, and I'm very grateful that this particular provision doesn't apply to civilian courts, but I'm told that you're adding the requirement that a person must satisfy the applicable physical and medical fitness standards. Why would you conduct an inquiry into a judge who perhaps had a rough summer at the barbecue or ate too much or has trouble buttoning his uniform? I'm surprised that you would actually convene an inquiry into the obesity of somebody who might be sitting on a military court. I think many people would be relieved that this doesn't happen to apply to civilian courts, but I want to know why you're applying that to a military judge.
Don't hand that off to Pat.