Justice committee  That's a difficult question. I'm not sure if I'm in a position to answer that. Would I support the exclusion?

Justice committee  I don't have a personal position. I think probably that question is best answered by a legal professional.

Justice committee  Claude, if you could answer that one, that would be lovely.

Justice committee  The program is completely funded at no additional cost to our ministry. It's within our current financial allocation.

Justice committee  We felt that it was timely.... In terms of accessing the services, people will be most aware of their need either during the trial or immediately after it. What we do is provide this information in the brochure. The brochure doesn't just contain the contact information and the ph

Justice committee  Yes, I will leave these for everybody.

Justice committee  Sir, could you please clarify your question? Do you want to know what exactly the counselling entails?

Justice committee  Claude, can you take that on behalf of Morneau Shepell, please?

Justice committee  We understood that we weren't in a position to make a decision, on behalf of all jurors and judicial officials, that everyone on the jury panel could access counselling during the course of a trial. We understood that anything that happens in the courtroom is up to the discretion

Justice committee  I think the lesson we learned is that we were concerned about the number of sessions when we were launching the program. We were concerned about making sure that everyone would have access to the service. I'm happy to report that we have not maxed the number of sessions and we ha

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Seven thousand jurors and—

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  For these types of programs, I don't think a measure of success is necessarily usage, so to speak, because counselling is an individual thing for everybody. From my perspective, everyone has the option of using the service if they need it, but not everyone will want to go through

Justice committee  I certainly hope that's not the case, but we are definitely open to any feedback. We have not heard any concerns from jurors. We have not received any negative feedback from the community; so far it has been quite positive. Of course, if there are any concerns or if people feel t