Mr. Speaker, I am always pleased to hear my colleague from Lévis—Lotbinière speak. Like new wine in an old bottle, it seems to me that we are hearing a new Conservative voice—or voices.
In the case of many past appointments, whether they were appointments of officers of Parliament or judicial appointments, we were often told that the best people for the job had been chosen, despite the fact that they were unilingual anglophones, and that they would learn French as soon as possible.
Do I understand what I am hearing today correctly, namely that the next justice appointment should be based on what is known in mathematics as the intersection? The individual selected will need to have the professional skills required, which goes without saying, as well as be truly bilingual, not just functionally bilingual, in my view, and be able to fulfill regional representation requirements and Canadian diversity requirements.
Are we looking for someone whose resumé checks all four boxes?