Very briefly, Justice Bastarache, before he became a judge, presided over a committee in New Brunswick--the Barry-Bastarache committee--in 1980, and they suggested then that the provincial government make sure that any lawyer who graduates in New Brunswick from the two law schools be bilingual. Unfortunately, the bar association said no. If they had accepted that back then, maybe we would have more bilingual lawyers and judges, at least in New Brunswick.
On May 8th, 2008. See this statement in context.