Finance committee  If I might just add, in our discussions with the territories, they've indicated that they hope to have their reciprocating legislation in place by the spring.

Information & Ethics committee  I can't speak to how that recommendation would be received, but I can certainly say that the bill reflects the decision to provide the commissioner for federal judicial affairs with the authority to determine that information disclosure—

Information & Ethics committee  The rationale for excluding the Canadian Judicial Council is that it's actually not a government institution. It's an independent statutory body that fulfills non-government functions. It has a mandate that's much broader than a government institution. It would, no question, rais

Information & Ethics committee  The provisions don't apply to the courts. The provisions apply to the commissioner for federal judicial affairs in respect of judicial expenses. With respect to the administrative institutions that support the courts, you're speaking of the Courts Administration Service, as well

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm sure Jennifer could speak to the range of bodies that are not subject to access to information that are getting public funds. The point, though, with the CJC is that it comprises the 39 chief justices and associate chief justices who are performing functions that are often co

Finance committee  I'm sorry; I fully understood the question, but I will respond in English. Basically, no positions have been formally allocated in the legislation. If you open up the Judges Act, you will see a certain number of positions for every court. The 15 pool positions are those that wou

Finance committee  Is it six or eight....? It's eight.

Finance committee  Unfortunately, I do. The IAI was picked at the time because it actually reflected wages. It was an attempt to provide an indicator that roughly approximated increases in wage levels. As this index is based on salary, it was simple as that. At the most recent commission, the g

Finance committee  Thank you, Anna. I will give you my abbreviated version, since time is of the essence today. As Anna mentioned, this is the second element of division 10, which essentially provides for the establishment of 27 new judicial positions in the superior, trial, and appellate courts