Attorney-General Shirley Bond is promising to deal with the crisis in BC’s court-rooms, but she suggests judges and lawyers are part of the problem.
The A-G’s comments come after a BC judge said it would take the release of a child sex offender to get the government’s attention to the court funding crisis.
But Bond points the finger at the legal profession noting crime is falling and fewer cases are going to court.
Bond says there needs to be a willingness to a cooperative approach to talk about what can be done differently, how we we schedule courtrooms in this province.
She says that’s a real issue, and she’s going to start asking some questions.
Bond makes it clear she won’t be throwing money at the problem.
She says every time you add a judge in BC, it costs 1.4 million dollars.
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