Finance committee  We try to approach it on an individual basis, so there is no fixed formula for determining a court's judicial complement. That is because the jurisdictions' courts themselves are responsible for the administration of justice. For example, the rules of court and civil matters are

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I can add just a little bit more. As the provinces and territories, and the courts themselves, are managing their own affairs, there's not always a completely common element. As Mr. Hoffman said, we do work with them to provide...and ask them for whatever

Finance committee  The information that has been gathered as part of the business cases is held in confidence. It goes to the judicial function, which we would strive to protect for reasons of judicial independence. There's no standardized or formulaic way of going about adding resources to any cou

Finance committee  It's a bit of an art in some ways, simply because the Constitution gives responsibility for the administration of justice to the provinces, so how the provinces have sorted out their procedures and how they use their judicial resources varies a little across the country. Relevant

Finance committee  There still is a very rigorous process that goes on. For example, if there had been no efficiencies and they were simply not sitting, that would obviously be something that our information would show and we would seriously question it. The justification is something that we would

Finance committee  The associate chief justice position for Newfoundland and Labrador will assist the current chief justice to provide long-term, efficient and effective administration to the court. Part of the decision to ask for one was the fact that Newfoundland and Labrador does have such vast

Finance committee  Absolutely. That is one factor, but since every jurisdiction is different, we have to take into account the unique aspects of each one. In this case, or in the case of any associate chief justice position, they help provide leadership to the court, and for example, could allow th

Finance committee  I don't have that information for you. It is something that the courts themselves and the courts administration support for the individual jurisdictions have. That is the kind of information that they would submit if they choose to make a request. That information is not the fede

Finance committee  That's absolutely correct and additional caseloads are certainly one of the important factors that we would look at and we would ask the courts themselves to provide. What individual courts and jurisdictions post publicly, and it could very well be that the Supreme Court in Newfo