In light of the highly technical discussions that occur at the Supreme Court, that is an extremely stringent requirement in terms of bilingualism. We are not in favour of that. I agree with John Major when he says that this bill makes no sense and that sacrificing competency in favour of language skills is a mistake. He is of the view that it is absolutely critical to choose the most competent lawyers, in terms, not of their language proficiency, but their skill in a court of law. I agree with him.
On May 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.