Province hints there may be more judges on the way
Posted Oct 19, 2016 10:29:14 PM.
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We could get an announcement of new provincial or even federal judges Thursday.
The issue has been front and centre since a federal justice threw out a first-degree murder charge this month citing an unreasonable delay of five years for the case to go to trial.
Premier Rachel Notley says it’s a priority.
“There’s a series of vacancies that quite frankly need to be filled and then there’s a question of whether there needs to be more positions above and beyond those vacancies,
” she said Thursday. “We’re moving quite ambitiously on that matter and I believe our minister will have more to say on that at the end of this week.”
Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley has a news conference set for Thursday afternoon at the McDougall Centre where she will provide details on steps being taken to address pressures in the justice system.