Exactly. I believe that service must be available. The worst-case scenario we can think of is a non-bilingual judge not wearing an earpiece for fear that someone might notice, because wearing the earpiece would mean that he is not bilingual and does not have the required skills. That situation would be a little unfortunate.
That said, I want to go back to something I said and that I really believe. There are important considerations with appointments, whether it is representing the diversity of the population of Canada, or anything else. Choices always have to be made because no one has all the required qualities. So there is a priority order. In my opinion, one of the essential qualifications, other than legal knowledge, is bilingualism. It is an operational ability. It allows the court to function. I say and I repeat, the court is working at the moment, even though there have been unilingual judges in recent years. There are nine sitting judges. No judge ever ends up sitting alone and not understanding a word of what is going on. That does not happen. There is always a certain level of understanding.