Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mrs. Lanthier, thank you very much for being here today.
This is quite intense. Since we do not have a lot of time and I have a few questions to ask you, I ask you please to give me quite brief answers.
My first question concerns the new appointment of Judge Rowe to the Supreme Court. I think that appointment has been well received. The judge's curriculum vitae states that he is bilingual.
That is what we have been demanding for a long time. Yvon Godin, the former member for Acadie—Bathurst, worked very hard to table a bill on the bilingualism of Supreme Court judges, which I have re-tabled. Unfortunately, the Liberals seem to be saying they will not vote in favour of it.
What is your opinion on the subject? Should we continue to have only one policy on Supreme Court judges, or should we enact legislation requiring that bilingual judges be appointed to the Supreme Court?