Justice committee  I would add that the civil courts are, for the most part, cost-prohibitive. Unless you're talking about a huge claim, most of the people my friend would be representing suffer claims of less than $100,000 and you simply cannot go to a civil court for those kinds of amounts. So you don't report it or you look for an alternate remedy.

Justice committee  We're an association based across Canada. I think Wallace Craig has been here to talk on various justice issues. He's our current vice-chairman.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee. On behalf of the directors of the Canadian Justice Review Board, I wish to thank the committee members for providing the opportunity to appear here this afternoon. I've provided the committee clerk with a brief that highlights our concerns in more detail, and I understand you have received copies of it electronically.