Official Languages committee  First, there is no question that this committee would be infiltrated by judges. We're talking about a committee made up of scientists, university professors, lawyers, and so on. There is no question of judges promoting their ideas. It's forbidden, anyway. We write down our views

Official Languages committee  There would be university professors.

Official Languages committee  If I had heard of this problem, I would have denounced it loud and clear. I'm not aware of similar cases. I can tell you that, in Quebec, if it turned out that a person was at a disadvantage because they had chosen to exercise a constitutional right and a judge was involved, the

Official Languages committee  Yes, yes. I recognize your accent.

Official Languages committee  I agree with you. I think this idea is promising, but we are truly at the very beginnings, so everything needs to be done. Once there's a willingness to do the translation demonstrated through commitments of material, budgets and personnel, whether made by your committee or someo

Official Languages committee  I don't know. At one time, there may have been political reasons and budgetary reasons, of course. Budgetary reasons are still running the show. The province of Quebec could work with the federal government and come up with a project with the potential to ensure that everything

Official Languages committee  Just a moment, we have to be careful. SOQUIJ translates rulings, but that's a small part of its mission. SOQUIJ's mission is really to gather case law, to determine which judgments or cases, if dealing with appeal courts, are more important, to make summaries and to publish them

Official Languages committee  An editorial committee does that.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  No.

Official Languages committee  That would be the role of the editorial committee. Law experts, influential lawyers and university professors come together on the committee to analyze the rulings. I have to say that the work is done at a basic level, because about 80% of rulings are of great interest to those

Official Languages committee  No. Honestly, it would be a guessing game and my answer might mislead you. The amount is to the tune of a few million dollars, but I don't know the number exactly.

Official Languages committee  There are some. That's what I was telling Mr. Arseneault earlier. On occasion, the Court of Appeal will prepare its ruling in both languages, but that's still not the common practice. SOQUIJ will soon take the lead in the area. The translation of a decision is often requested

Official Languages committee  Now, thanks to computers, almost everything is published. However, until perhaps 15 or 20 years ago, committees used to oversee what was being published. SOQUIJ had one. It was an editorial committee whose mandate was to check what was being published and to determine what was of

Official Languages committee  The fact remains that, given the number of appeals here, we cannot require it; it will not work. However, I have been waving the flag for years, saying that what we have to do is find a way to export the great product we make here, at least in the fields of public and federal la