The distinction right now would be that for the provinces that have orders in council with programs allowing certain people to do things, those programs would specify who it would be, whether it would be an indigenous court worker, a law student, an articling student, or a paralegal in Ontario. That could be different across the country. Right now, because anybody can appear on matters of up to six months, that would just apply to the summary conviction offences that have a maximum penalty of over six months.
On September 17th, 2018. See this statement in context.