Chief justices call on Ottawa to fix record vacancies on backlogged courts; many JACs also defunct

By Cristin Schmitz ( September 29, 2022, 2:12 PM EDT) -- Vacancies on the nation’s backlogged superior courts have skyrocketed, as the federal Liberal government fails to make timely appointments — including to its judicial advisory committees (JACs), which have been defunct for months in New Brunswick,  Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, Yukon and Nunavut, according to the Office of the Federal Commissioner for Judicial Affairs....