Ontario is set to introduce legislation this week that would speed up judicial appointments, add more judges to the Ontario Court of Justice and create new prosecution teams, the government announced Monday.
The changes include a new pool-based recommendation process for judicial positions that would seek to streamline appointments and require a committee to consider criteria set by the attorney general, the Progressive Conservative government said.
Attorney General Doug Downey said the province will also allocate 17 more judges to the lower courts to keep up with a growing number of complex cases and backlog of criminal cases.