Okay.
So now I come to the burning question, just like on Tout le monde en parle.
No one can be against motherhood and apple pie, and I agree that the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada must be bilingual. However, in my opinion, there is a fundamental difference between a judge who is perfectly bilingual and a judge who is functionally bilingual. At the moment, the government wants to appoint judges who are functionally bilingual.
Do you distinguish between a judge who is perfectly bilingual and a judge who is functionally bilingual? If a judge is functionally bilingual, is that enough for him or her to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada?
According to the government's definition, a functionally bilingual judge is able to understand French and English but is not necessarily able to speak French and English. I stand to be corrected if that is not the case. Personally, I would not consider a judge like that to be bilingual. That's my opinion, but I would like to know yours.