Justice committee  They were the minister's nominees, and the minister could appoint whoever he or she deemed--

Justice committee  Mr. Comartin, I don't have those numbers, but I could get them for you. You are aware of the process by which provincial court judges are assessed. They are not given a rank, if you will, of “recommend” or “unable to recommend”, but their candidacies are provided to the minister

Justice committee  First, I'll start by telling you that we administer the system on the minister's behalf. It is up to the minister to determine how the system should work. We are not really there to make decisions as to how the system should work.

Justice committee  That said, that's another idea. I think the purpose of considering where the other representatives the minister appoints to the committees come from is, among other things, to ensure a certain balance within the committees. That is the case, for example, if we don't have enough w

Justice committee  Thank you, Madame Jennings. I'll just give a little bit of background on the code of ethics. It was adopted in 2005 following a meeting with the then minister and the chairs of the advisory committees across the country. It was prepared in consultation with the chairs, adopted t

Justice committee  I'm also referring to the code of ethics for members of the committees.

Justice committee  I won't make any special reference to the particular member. I will only paraphrase the code of ethics in saying that it was, as I said, adopted then by the minister. We published it. There are two matters that may interest the members of this committee. One is that generally a

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Dear committee members, I am pleased and honoured to have this opportunity today to provide information on the federal judicial appointments process and to answer any questions you may have. My understanding is that I have approximately 10 minutes to ma