Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, seen here during an interview in June, has already identified some priority areas for the province's justice system, including how the courts can make better use of technology. Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star ) Order this photoOntario’s new attorney general has his sights set on modernizing the justice system — a mammoth task more likely to happen in baby steps, rather than a big bang. Yasir Naqvi, who took over the post from a now-retired Madeleine Meilleur in a cabinet shuffle in June, has spent the summer getting up to speed on his new file. Our justice system obviously is built on a very rich foundation of tradition. But in 2016, the state of technology in the courts in Ontario remains “deplorable,” said David Sterns, president of the Ontario Bar Association.

Source: thestar August 28, 2016 14:48 UTC