Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to the witnesses for being here today and for their testimony.
Access to justice in both official languages was a very important issue for former MP Yvon Godin, who sat on this committee as an NDP representative and whom I'm replacing in that capacity. He made it his cause and worked very hard on the issue. He introduced two bills on the bilingualism of Supreme Court judges, bills that were supported by former commissioner Fraser over the years.
Right now, there is a debate about a policy the Liberals have adopted on the appointment of bilingual judges. Of course, a policy is a very welcome first step, but we would like to see the bilingualism requirement for Supreme Court judges included in a bill.
Have you heard murmurs of this debate among constitutional experts, in terms of determining whether such a requirement would be constitutional or not? Mr. Fraser, the previous commissioner of official languages, never talked about this issue. Is this an issue that your team has addressed? What solution would you propose?