The system is not properly funded to support the objectives of the legislatures. We need more resources. We need to ensure that we keep the ratio of accused to prosecutors low. There needs to be some guidance on that issue from the federal government. It is critical that we not simply pass new laws without ensuring that there are the resources to carry out the laws so that prosecutors can make quality submissions to a court to persuade a judge to see it from their perspective and from the public interest perspective. It is not simply enough to change a law. You need to make sure that the downstream resources are present to have the desired impact.
