Self-assessment absolutely does not work. I think we have to move toward a model that is not based on self-assessment. The papers recently reported a case in New Brunswick where a judge appointed to the Provincial Court who said he was bilingual gave a decision when he was not capable of hearing the case in French. That was published in the newspapers and the decision was appealed. So self-assessment is a bad idea.
You are undoubtedly aware of Justice Finn's language training program, for example, which is intended to train judges to hear cases in the other official language. The judge is also working on establishing a certification measure that will involve certain levels. The certification measure is not used to tell judges whether they speak well or not, but to tell them what they are capable of doing.
I think that is a very good approach, because the judges can then situate themselves on a certain scale. It lets them know what cases they can hear and how far they can go. It is a gradual process, you could say. The judges can continue to take training until they are capable of moving to the next level. I think that is the way to go.