Justice committee  I'll just follow up briefly to say, as the committee has been discussing with previous witnesses and with the minister, that the question is finding the right balance between the judicial independence principle and the encouragement that the government is trying to ensure through

Justice committee  I wouldn't be singling them out by name, but I think the idea of reporting more globally was consistent with what the government had done in Bill C-58 in terms of the way expenses were being reported at aggregate levels, so it moves it towards a better balance of respecting judic

Justice committee  I'll just add to that. The purpose is to ensure that the reasons are in the record one way or the other, whether by the transcript of the oral proceeding or by the written reasons that a judge would provide. There had been some consideration given to including the requirement f

Official Languages committee  The commissioner for federal judicial affairs has been asked by the minister to develop recommendations for an assessment tool, which would be objective and independent, as is his office. Implementation will require money and other resources. It's for the commissioner for federal