I want to say bravo to the witnesses for their good work.
The mission you have undertaken will improve access to justice in both official languages.
We often hear it said that there are no bilingual judges in British Columbia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador, and that because of that bilingual judges cannot be appointed to superior courts and to the Supreme Court of Canada. That is what we hear.
Your mission is demonstrating that on the contrary, it is possible. You are working to improve the situation. According to the current policy of the Liberal government, we have to appoint bilingual judges to the Supreme Court. There is also a policy to appoint more bilingual judges to superior courts.
Soon the level of bilingualism of superior court judges may be assessed, but in order to do so a test has to be developed. Were you contacted concerning the development of such a test?