Justice committee  Oh, you mean the fact that the recommendations of the wages committee were not put in place or were not implemented.

Justice committee  Yes. I have not inquired into this matter fully, but I can tell you that under the guidelines set by the Supreme Court in the P.E.I. reference, the idea is that the government should implement the recommendations of the committee, unless it gives reasons for not doing so or for

Justice committee  On that point, if there's some time left, we have an adversarial justice system, and the function of a court, of course, is to find the truth. How we go about doing that is that we have two teams, if you will, presenting both sides of the issue--and presenting them in the most vi

Justice committee  That could be for each of the committees. I understand that that may entail a considerable amount of work, but the basic idea—perhaps you know of a better way to do this—being that no single political party usually holds a two-thirds majority, and that party would not be able to

Justice committee  I agree. As I said, you know better than I how to go about it. Perhaps lists of alternate members should be established every three years so that the matter does not have to go before Parliament again until three more years have elapsed.

Justice committee  If I may, Mr. Chairman....

Justice committee  Thank you. This is a topic I've touched upon in my paper, on page five. So I think that, yes, although there is no specific requirement at this time in the case law about the appointment process, it's in the nature of case law to evolve over time to respond to new concerns as t

Justice committee  All right. There are two parts. First, there is the aspect of giving a specific voice to interest groups. I think that judges must appear to be impartial, must be neutral. So they must be selected based on criteria of competence. However, if you give a specific voice to specific

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Sébastien Grammond, and I am a professor at the University of Ottawa. I will be speaking in both languages. I will essentially be summarizing, in two parts, the document that I had translated and that has been distributed to you. First, the p