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Justice committee Yes, Mr. Garrison, I'll answer it very briefly. The Advocates' Society is about to publish a very significant piece of work. They put together a review committee made up of former justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, other eminent counsel, and Canadians to look at that very
April 27th, 2021Committee meeting
J. Michael MacDonald
Justice committee Thank you very much. It's nice to see you again, Mr. Fortin. I think we met around this time last year. I'd like to very briefly respond to Madame Brière's question. We made arrangements to email the link to our commissioner's website and the portal for the work we're doing, an
April 27th, 2021Committee meeting
J. Michael MacDonald
Justice committee Very briefly, I would point to the use of technology. Judges were forced to embrace technology in ways they haven't before, as was the justice system. I think that will be a legacy piece. I would also like to put a pitch in for broadband. It will be very important if we're goin
April 27th, 2021Committee meeting
J. Michael MacDonald
Justice committee Yes. Thank you very much for the question. The thing that is most pressing for us right now—in Nova Scotia it changed overnight for us—is to try to stay ahead of this pandemic and to deal with the backlogs. That's going to be a big issue, and it's not just a criminal law matter
April 27th, 2021Committee meeting
J. Michael MacDonald
Justice committee Thank you very much. I see we may be running a little low on time, so I'll be brief. It's an honour for me to appear before you yet again this year. I appeared last March in my capacity then as interim executive director of the Canadian Judicial Council, and I think we attended
April 27th, 2021Committee meeting
J. Michael MacDonald
Justice committee Yes.
April 27th, 2021Committee meeting
J. Michael MacDonald