Official Languages committee  Thank you. Since spring 2011, over 20 legal language education sessions have been provided. More than 100 judges from all Canadian provinces and territories have come to either the Caraquet region, in the Acadian Peninsula, for French sessions, or to the Saint Andrews region for

Official Languages committee  As I was saying, since 2011 about 100 judges attended over 300 classes. There are judges who sometimes return; there are two sessions per year. About 20 judges register for each session. The same thing applies to legal English; they are judges from Quebec for the most part. We

Official Languages committee  Yes. I would say two thirds and one third.

Official Languages committee  We have all of the statistics. Forty-five judges from Quebec took the training, and others came from the two territories, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. There were two judges from British Columbia, and seven from Alberta who come regularly to take training. The same thi

Official Languages committee  You would be welcome. As for the actors and artists, I think that a past winner of the Gala de la chanson de Caraquet knows that there is talent in New Brunswick in the Acadian Peninsula.

Official Languages committee  The funding comes mostly from the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund, and has from the beginning. Our language competency assessment program is entirely supported by Justice Canada through the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund, and a

Official Languages committee  We are preparing a new action plan. Our current funding ends on March 31, 2018. We will soon be applying for funding for the next five years. We hope that the envelope of the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund will be increased. We will always need money, t

Official Languages committee  In 2016, the application form for judges who want to be appointed to superior courts was changed, but it is still a self-assessment.

Official Languages committee  Yes. We are in touch with the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. In fact, one of the first people to speak with us was Commissioner Graham Fraser. I think that things could develop in this regard.

Official Languages committee  I can say that the judges' training program is going well. It could always be improved, which would help us to develop the technological aspect. We would also like to diversify our funding sources. We want to find funding elsewhere. The Access to Justice in Both Official Language

Official Languages committee  We belong to the Réseau national de formation en justice, or RNFJ. I think Mr. Ronald Bisson testified before your committee. Through the RNFJ, recommendations on the assessment of language ability, among other things, were included in the report. In this regard, we collaborate c

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Not only do they come to us, but they return. When that happens, we feel they must like us a lot to travel across Canada and land at the tiny Bathurst local airport. In fact, all of this is overseen by the Canadian Judicial Council. The chief justices can invite judges in their

Official Languages committee  I don't know if it's related to the government announcement, but there is certainly more and more interest in the work that we do. That is what we've seen.

Official Languages committee  In fact, we work with the Centre canadien de français juridique.