Canada's national legal organization says the justice system should embrace the technological modernization forced upon it by the COVID-19 pandemic and is calling for more investment to support the move to online justice in a post-pandemic world. Those calls to action are in a new report released today by a Canadian Bar Association (CBA) task force, which was formed last year to examine justice issues arising during the pandemic. "The pandemic propelled the justice system into a long-awaited modernization," the report reads. Pros and cons of remote justiceThe task force has consulted a range of experts and legal practitioners since it was formed in June 2020. Justice Minister David Lametti praised the work of the task force today while speaking to a virtual CBA meeting prior to the report's release.

Source: CBC News February 17, 2021 20:14 UTC