Official Languages committee  Certainly, the FAJEF could sell the availability of jobs as well as the Canadian justice system, which already has great appeal among many other people.

Official Languages committee  The FAJEF has not taken a position on francophone immigration targets. The legal community will be there to help the other players in the community to make sure this initiative works, that it is a success, and to help new Canadians integrate well. We know very well that informin

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Much work has been done in this regard. For example, we work very closely with community colleges to ensure there are enough graduates to fill vacancies in the legal system. We also have to continue to ensure that faculties of law have the necessary tools to train fut

Official Languages committee  That is a very interesting question. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak to this question. One of the things that contributes to Canada's excellent reputation is that our society is founded on the rule of law. In my personal experience, one of the very important fe

Official Languages committee  It's a very interesting question. I mentioned that there are two populations, two needs, that have been identified in the study. In one of the sectors, there's very little need for information, and a lot of the foreign students coming to Canada for advanced legal studies, for ins

Official Languages committee  You are absolutely right in saying that there are a number of areas for action that pertain directly to matters of provincial jurisdiction. There are of course differences among the provinces in the way the system is designed, but there are nonetheless a great many points in comm

Official Languages committee  Legislation is the best way to ensure that the Supreme Court and the other superior courts have enough bilingual judges.

Official Languages committee  The best study is the one submitted a few years ago by the Commissioner of Official Languages. It concerns access to justice. I don't have the numbers on hand and I haven't heard about any studies as comprehensive as the Commissioner's study. We see some fluctuations as a result

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  It would solve one of the problems.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. You already know that immigration is very important for francophone minority communities in Canada. It's also obvious that, to successfully integrate into Canadian society, new immigrants must be aware of the standards and rights in Canada in all aspects of

Official Languages committee  These issues have been raised in the report of the Commissioner of Official Languages. So the problem has been clarified at the federal level. In Ontario, a report specifically on the situation in Ontario was prepared, notably by Justice Rouleau, who is a leader in access to just

Official Languages committee  We were talking earlier about appointments to the Supreme Court. We must amend the Supreme Court Act to ensure the policy will be applied on a permanent basis.

Official Languages committee  The current policy is excellent, but the network of francophone lawyers has long said that there should be legislation. I worked with Mr. Justice Rowe at Gowling WLG before he left for Newfoundland and Labrador. He is functionally bilingual. That is the kind of appointment that

Official Languages committee  The FAJEF is working very closely with the Department of Justice on all these projects. This problem was identified a long time ago. Most lawyers have argued—and I am one of them—that the level of technical language used by some witnesses in court to explain concepts was difficul