Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  There's no specialized centre. At this time, the SOQUIJ does have lawyers who, in my view, do excellent legal translation work. However, we don't have a centre like the one in Moncton. We don't have that.

Official Languages committee  No. In fact, we don't really agree on how the process works exactly.

Official Languages committee  The Quebec government tells us that it's extremely difficult to find jurilinguists because the real jurilinguists work on the Ontario side, in Ottawa. They aren't necessarily interested in working in Quebec. It's a very real difficulty that must be dealt with. In this context, t

Official Languages committee  From what I understand, it's very difficult to recruit people who have this training.

Official Languages committee  As far as I know, we haven't commented specifically on this change. As we said here, we think bilingualism is necessary for superior courts in certain regions. For some other regions, bilingualism can always be an asset, obviously. A number of Superior Court judges are perfectly

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Obviously, a court didn't make this decision. The Quebec government says its process fulfills its constitutional obligations. However, at this time, the Bar of Montreal says otherwise.

Official Languages committee  I believe the other regional bars support the Bar of Montreal's position, but feel less affected by the issue. As I told you, currently an agreement in principle exists, so proceedings won't be initiated in the short term. However, if proceedings were initiated, the Barreau du Qu

Official Languages committee  No.

Official Languages committee  No. We would very much like to draw them to Quebec, but I think it's harder for us.

Official Languages committee  The SOQUIJ is subsidized, paid for and funded by the Quebec government.

Official Languages committee  There already is one. However, since the resources are insufficient, not enough decisions are translated.

Official Languages committee  Honestly, we don't have this information. I asked Ms. Champagne, when we were waiting earlier, whether we had this information. Unfortunately, we don't have it. I don't know whether the committee has obtained it, but I can't answer your question.

Official Languages committee  No.