I want to echo comments made by Gary on Salma, and we on this side obviously wish her well and a speedy recovery.
Mr. Chairman, one of the reasons this study is taking place, at least for some of us, is this media piece from Global News by Messieurs Hill and Russell, with the heading “Lawyers allege ‘sexist,’ ‘aggressive’ behaviour by powerful immigration, refugee judges”.
I'm sure the board had a fit when they saw that.
Could you comment on this, because it's not very...? The whole issue we're talking about is building confidence in the board, just like the public wants to have confidence in the judicial process and make sure that the Judicial Council makes decisions, which they have done, and that the law society makes decisions.
Can you comment on this piece? It's very devastating about the decisions that have been made—and these aren't decisions on the merits of the case; these are comments that have been made about the conduct of hearing officers. If this piece is right, they were all dismissed, maybe for good cause.