Madam Speaker, the hon. member is right in saying that Madam Deschamps has excellent credentials. Nevertheless, there are doubts in certain minds and that is what must be eliminated.
I am sure that, had there been another process, had it not been left solely to the Prime Minister's discretion, Madam Justice Deschamps would very likely still have been appointed to the Supreme Court. There would not, however, have been that doubt in people's minds, because it would have been seen as an impartial and independent decision.