Thank you.
Earlier, we were talking about access to justice, and I can understand if this matter does fall within the jurisdiction of the department, but according to recent statistics I obtained from the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs, the government appointed 32 judges in Ontario over the last two years. Everyone of them indicated that they preferred to receive their correspondence in English. Based on that, I am not saying that all the judges are unilingual anglophones. Indeed, the office does not specify whether or not a judge is bilingual; it only indicates which language a judge wishes to receive his or her correspondence in.
What was indicated, however, was that a judge appointed in Manitoba, one appointed in New Brunswick, and another one appointed in the north had asked to receive their correspondence in French. I would assume therefore that these judges would be able to preside over trials in French. I don't have the impression that the situation is very good in Ontario.
Madam Duchesne, has your group formulated any opinion on this matter?