Thank you very much for asking that question, Mr. Choquette. I haven't had much opportunity to talk about the justice field, and you're giving me the opportunity to return to it.
A study done by the Department of Justice has shown that we need to train four times more professionals in the justice field. Equitable access to services doesn't just mean equitable access to the courts. It also means equitable access to the justice system. That includes not only lawyers and judges, but also police officers, correctional officers, and other people who gravitate around the justice system.
It's a field we hope to develop. We want to build on the successes we achieved in the health field, while keeping a Canada-wide perspective. The network we've assembled includes nine of our institutions, but there are also external groups like the Association des juristes d'expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick, which provides language training. They are members of the network managed by our association.
We would like to grow this network considerably, to better meet the needs of justiciables, who are vulnerable people. The reason we've addressed the justice and health fields first is that an individual who needs health care or is dealing with the justice system is in a very vulnerable position. In such situations, people want to express themselves in their language. When people are experiencing mental health problems, or problems with the justice system, they want to speak in the language with which they are most comfortable.