We don't have the kinds of statistics that we'd like. We don't even have the most basic data about family justice in Canada. However, having said that, I think it's clear from everybody who's involved in the family courts in different parts of the country.... I should say in Kingston, where I live, we have a unified family court. You go 50 miles down the road to Belleville and they don't have one. It's clear for lawyers who practise in both places that there are real cost savings to litigants as a result of having a unified family court. It's a more effective, more efficient system. Quantifying that saving is going to be very difficult, but there's no doubt that it's helpful, more efficient, more effective, and less expensive.
On May 8th, 2018. See this statement in context.