Finance committee  Thank you. (On clauses 261 and 262)

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and Mr. Fast. Clause 256 amends the Judges Act to add to the complement of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by five judges. Clause 257 amends the Judges Act to increase the complement of the Supreme Court of British Columbia by two judges. Clause 258

Finance committee  I'll answer your question if I can, Mr. Fast, but I would say that my colleague here, Ms. Dekker, is the subject matter expert. Essentially, Mr. Fast, the way the process works is that our department, the Department of Justice, sends out a call letter, if I may, to the jurisdict

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Fast.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe my colleague, Ms. Anna Dekker, is in already. I'd ask that Mr. Patrick Xavier be brought in as well.

Finance committee  While that's occurring I can provide an overview.

Finance committee  Thank you. As we said before, clause 253 amends the Judges Act to stop the accrual of pensionable service for a judge who is the subject of a report regarding removal from office issued by the Canadian Judicial Council. I think what we said before is that this is being proposed

Finance committee  Yes, I am, Mr. Chair.

Finance committee  Thank you again, Mr. Chair. Just as a brief introduction, all these clauses, clauses 255 to 260, concern amendments to different acts regarding a judicial complement. As you requested, Mr. Chair, clause 255 is an amendment to the Federal Courts Act. It increases the complement

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  That's correct. There are some rigours to the process, Mr. Fast.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Fast. I'm going to turn to my colleague, Ms. Dekker, but I think you're aware that there was an associate chief justice who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador—just to clarify that. I'll ask Ms. Dekker—who I must say has been an expert

Finance committee  Good afternoon, members of the committee. I'm here with my colleagues, Mr. Patrick Xavier and Ms. Anna Dekker. We're here to speak about divisions 26 and 27. Just by way of a brief introduction on division 26, the purpose of this amendment is to stop the pension accrual of a ju

Finance committee  I'm sorry, Ms. Jansen. When you say the Attorney General, could you just clarify that for me a little bit?

Finance committee  This specifically has to do with the judiciary.