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online 1-2 days after the hearing, online:
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2010/11/22/pf-16266291.html. On a related note,
broadcasters are increasingly requesting permission to televise court proceedings and, in
some cases, have been permitted to do so. In Ontario, a 2007 pilot project involved
webcasting of 21 cases argued before the Ontario Court of Appeal:
http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.php?section=article&articleid=1383. Nova Scotia
permits live webcasting of some of its hearings on the court website, as well as providing
an archive of webcast major events that took place in NS courtrooms:
http://www.courts.ns.ca/nssc_hearings_video_page.htm;
http://www.courts.ns.ca/swearing-
in_videos_archive/swearing_in_videos_archive_page.htm.
42
For example, certain downloadable, fillable forms are accessible on the websites of the
Saskatchewan Provincial Court, the Alberta Provincial Court (including for civil, family,
and certain criminal law-related matters) and Court of Appeal, the British Columbia
Small Claims Court, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, the Ontario Small Claims Court,
the Saskatchewan Provincial Court, the Federal Courts of Canada, the Tax Court of
Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada (efiling form).
43
For example, the Ontario Small Claims Court website provides a link to the Ontario
Court Services Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General where a digital “Forms
Assistant” guides users through the process of filling out forms, allowing them to save
their work and password protect it so that they can return to it later to complete or adjust
it: https://formsassistant.ontariocourtforms.on.ca/Welcome.aspx?lang=en.
44
For example, users of the Tax Court of Canada website can click on electronic filing
and be taken to a portal that allows them to file documents electronically (which is
encouraged by the court and includes no additional expense beyond regular filing fees):
http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/tcc-cci_Eng/Electronic_Filing, as
can users of the Alberta Court of Appeal, for certain types of electronic documents
(transcripts, “e-appeals”): https://www.albertacourts.ca/ca/efiling/.
45
For example, RSS news feeds are available from the Alberta Court of Appeal, the
Ontario Court of Appeal and Divisional Court, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal
Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada. The Nova Scotia courts website links to court
news on twitter: http://www.courts.ns.ca/.
46
See for example, Alberta Provincial Court online videos relating to civil and family
mediation, as well as webinars on family proceedings
(http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/ProvincialCourt/CivilSmallClaimsCourt/Videos/tabid/20
5/Default.aspx;
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/ProvincialCourt/FamilyJusticeServices/FamilyLawAct/Fa
milyLawActAmendmentWebinar/tabid/396/Default.aspx), the Saskatchewan Court of
Appeal’s tour of the virtual court room
(http://www.sasklawcourts.ca/default.asp?pg=ca_education_vr), the Nova Scotia courts’
“Courts and classrooms” materials that provide interactive presentations on how the court
system works: http://www.courts.ns.ca/courtsandclassrooms.htm
and the interactive videos relating to Tax Court of Canada hearings and preparation:
http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/tcc-
cci_Eng/Process/Your_day_video.
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47
See for example, the Alberta Provincial Court’s youtube video related to use of that
court’s remote scheduling system:
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/ProvincialCourt/CourtCaseManagement/RemoteCourtroo
mScheduling/tabid/351/Default.aspx.
48
See, for example: Alberta Provincial Court
(http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/ProvincialCourt/CriminalCourt/EFileNoticeofApplicatio
nforPublicationBan/tabid/238/Default.aspx); BC Supreme Court
(http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme%5Fcourt/publication_bans/subscribe.aspx).
49
For example, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Courts and the Tax Court of
Canada employ standards on accessibility set by the Treasury Board of Canada
Secretariat (http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?section=text&id=23601), which
can involve use of templates to improve compatibility with adaptive technologies,
handheld devices and browsers, testing of various technologies and browsers to ensure
access to web pages regardless of the technology used, as well as certain “look and feel”
guidelines intended to simplify use of their websites (http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/help-
aide/index-eng.asp).
50
For example, the Supreme Court of Canada website includes a searchable Case
Information database through which users may access the docket of the proceedings
(including filing dates), a list of the parties and counsel, a summary of the case, the facta
filed and a webcast of the hearing (if applicable) (http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/case-
dossier/cms-sgd/dock-regi-eng.aspx?cas=34645). In BC, the Ministry of Justice
administers Court Services Online through which users can search civil, appeal and
traffic files for a fee, and search daily court lists for free, while also having the
opportunity to file civil court documents online:
https://eservice.ag.gov.bc.ca/cso/index.do.
51
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report 2008-2009 at 44, online:
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/courts_annual_08/Court_Se
rvices_Annual_Report_CHAP5_EN.pdf.
52
John Piccolo, “The Courts in the Era of Information Technology” The Society Record
(October 2005) at p. 16, online:
http://nsbs.org/sites/default/files/cms/publications/society-record/sr-vol-23-no-5-october-
2005.pdf.
53
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report 2009-2010, online:
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/courts_annual_09/Court_Se
rvices_Annual_Report_FULL_EN.pdf;
54
Ontario Court of Appeal Annual Report, 2010-2011, online:
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/ps/annualreport/2010.pdf at 17.
55
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/media/acc/index-eng.asp
56
Litigants may e-mail forms, requests and documents in both civil and criminal matters.
See, for example: Practice Directive #4, 1 Aug 2010, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/Directives/PD4_CivilCriminalMatters_AttendanceByTelephone.pdf;
Practice Directive #18, 1 February 2010, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/Directives/NCJ_PD18_ElectronicFiling_CivilCriminalChambers.pdf.
57
Litigants must file certain documents (e.g. criminal and civil facta, civil transcripts) in
electronic form (preferably by e-mail) and are encouraged to provide other kinds of
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materials in electronic form as well. However, the filing of electronic copies is in addition
to the requirement to file paper copies: OCA, Notice to the Profession Electronic Filing
in Criminal Appeals (26 Jan 2011), online:
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/notices/adminadv/ef_criminal_appeals.htm; Practice
Direction Concerning Civil Appeals in the Court of Appeal (2004)
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/notices/pd/civil2003.htm; OCA, Notice to the
Profession, Electronic Filing (5 April 2000), online:
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/notices/adminadv/ef.htm.
58
For example, requisitions to note a defendant in default may be filed by e-mail:
Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure, R. 19.01(1.1)
59
Support orders may be filed with the court by e-mailing them to the court clerk:
Ontario Family Law Rules, R. 25(11).
60
Criminal/youth/regulatory case management forms, civil small claims pretrial
conference forms and family/child protection case management forms can be filed by e-
mail:
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=cV5g4TyO%2bNs%3d&tabid=
321
61
Counsel may file their appeal book, submissions and books of essential references with
the court by e-mail in PDF format New Brunswick Rules of Civil Procedure, R. 92.20.2;
Practice Directive - http://www.gnb.ca/cour/03COA1/pdf/PD-AA-08.pdf
62
Quebec Rules of Civil Procedure, R. 30(1), 35, 39 and Quebec Criminal Rules of
Procedure R. 52, online: http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/c-
appel/English/Rules/rcivil/rcivil.html
http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/c-appel/English/Rules/rcriminal/rcriminal.html.
63
CAPN no. 2010-01
http://www.court.nl.ca/supreme/appeal/pracnotes/Practice_Note_2010_06_28.pdf
64
OCA, Notice to the Profession, Electronic Delivery of Copies of Reasons for Judgment
(Nov 2009), online:
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/notices/adminadv/electronicdelivery.htm; Notice to
Counsel (15 June 2010), online: http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/c-
appel/English/Current/new/docs/Notice_jugt_e-mail.pdf; BCCA Practice Note (Civil &
Criminal) Release of CA Reserve Reasons for Judgment by E-Mail (19 Sep 2011),
online:
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Court%5Fof%5FAppeal/practice%5Fand%5Fprocedure/civi
l_and_criminal_practice_directives/practice_notes/Release%20of%20Court%20of%20A
ppeal%20Reserve%20Reasons%20for%20Judgment%20by%20E-Mail.htm.
65
Practice note 38 Discretionary Publication Ban – Common Law or Statutory (22 Sep
2005), online: http://www.gov.pe.ca/courts/supreme/practice_notes.pdf.
66
http://www.judicom.ca/home-eng.html
67
http://www.judicom.ca/home-eng.html
68
http://www.judicom.ca/home-eng.html
69
http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/mjq_en/c-quebec/fs_administration.html
70
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/ocj/publications/2007-report-of-ontario-court-of-
justice/
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This is a Novell based system:
https://intranet.albertacourts.ab.ca/_layouts/login_courtsIntranet.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fCS
%2fPages%2fProtocols.aspx.
72
http://plone.org/support/sites/ontario-court-forms
73
Ontario Court Services Division, Annual Report 2007-2008, online:
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/courts_annual_07/Court_Se
rvices_Annual_Report_FULL_EN.pdf.
74
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/live-meeting-help/
75
Ontario Court Services Division, Annual Report 2009-2010, 2008-2009, 2007-2008,
online:
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/courts_annual_07/Court_Se
rvices_Annual_Report_FULL_EN.pdf at 42-44.
76
See above note 41.
77
Ss. 487.1 and 529.5 Criminal Code of Canada.
78
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/Home/Contact/MasterinChambers/Masters/tabid/306/De
fault.aspx;http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/provincialcourt/civilsmallclaimscourt/formspub
lications/tabid/167/default.aspx;
79
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/CourtofQueensBench/PublicationsForms/AdjournmentC
onfirmation/tabid/266/Default.aspx.
80
R. 6.01 Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Rules (Criminal), online: http://laws-
lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SI-92-35/page-3.html.
81
R. 37.09: http://www.gnb.ca/cour/pdf/CourtCall-E.pdf
82
Clerk’s Practice Directive No. 13 (13 May 2011), online:
http://www.nwtcourts.ca/directives/CPD13.pdf; Territorial Court Practice Direction (10
Mar 2011), online: http://www.nwtcourts.ca/directives/PDTC26.pdf.
83
2007 Annual Report, p. 13, 21, Practice Directive #4, 1 Aug 2010, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/Directives/PD4_CivilCriminalMatters_AttendanceByTelephone.pdf
84
R. 13.1.02(5)) Rules of Civil Procedure; R. 2(5); R. 17(16); R. 14(8)) Family Law
Rules.
85
R. 26; R. 40.
86
R. 44, Practice Directive 2:
http://www.yukoncourts.ca/pdf/yukon_coa_civil_rules_2005_bilingual.pdf and
http://www.yukoncourts.ca/pdf/Yukon_Civil_Practice_Directives_2006.pdf
87
2007 Annual Report, p. 13, 21, Practice Directive #4, 1 Aug 2010, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/Directives/PD4_CivilCriminalMatters_AttendanceByTelephone.pdf
88
However, the court reserves the right to require an in-person appearance:
http://www.court.nl.ca/supreme/general/news.html.
89
http://www.gov.pe.ca/courts/supreme/practice_notes.pdf
90
http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/mjq_en/c-
quebec/Modes_alternatifs_de_reglement_anglais/fs_CRAcivil_FonctionnementAng.html
91
On request by parties residing outside of Whitehorse:
http://www.yukoncourts.ca/pdf/pd21.pdf
92
http://nsbs.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-
wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fnsbs.org%2Fnova-scotia-access-justice-
inventory&TN=ATJ+Inventory+Revised&SN=AUTO10794&SE=179&RN=7&MR=10
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&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=2&XP=&RF=1-BriefDisplay&EF=&DF=2-
FullDisplay2&RL=1&EL=0&DL=1&NP=1&ID=&MF=WPENGMSG.INI&MQ=&TI=0
&DT=&ST=0&IR=25&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=ATJQBE2Test
&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1
93
http://www.nucj.ca/Directives/PD1_Communities_ShowCauseHearings.pdf
94
Saskatchewan, Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 16.
95
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-106/FullText.html
96
http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/tcc-cci_Eng/Process/Practice17
97
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/sys/index-eng.asp
98
R. 25.03(1) & 25.04(1), R. 53.05
99
On request for parties residing outside of Whitehorse to give evidence in small claims
court http://www.yukoncourts.ca/pdf/New_Small_Claims_Regs.pdf);
100
2007 Annual Report, p. 13, 21, Practice Directive #4, 1 Aug 2010, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/Directives/PD4_CivilCriminalMatters_AttendanceByTelephone.pdf
101
Ontario Court Services Division, Annual Report 2009-2010 p. 44
102
http://www.courtcall.com/ccallp/main?c=CCHOME
103
http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200607/202113F88E0A6-9968-5D31-
A381C35A069D35EB.html
104
Manitoba Provincial Court, Annual Report 2009-2010, p. 6
105
http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/publications/annualreports/pdf/annualreport1011.pdf at
45.
106
Newfoundland Practice Direction 15 September 2010
http://www.court.nl.ca/provincial/goingtocourt/practice_note_video_hmp.pdf
107
http://nsbs.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-
wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fnsbs.org%2Fnova-scotia-access-justice-
inventory&TN=ATJ+Inventory+Revised&SN=AUTO10794&SE=179&RN=7&MR=10
&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=2&XP=&RF=1-BriefDisplay&EF=&DF=2-
FullDisplay2&RL=1&EL=0&DL=1&NP=1&ID=&MF=WPENGMSG.INI&MQ=&TI=0
&DT=&ST=0&IR=25&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=ATJQBE2Test
&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1
108
Ontario Auditor General Report, 2010, online:
http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/en10/407en10.pdf at 339
109
Saskatchewan, Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 17
110
http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200607/202113F88E0A6-9968-5D31-
A381C35A069D35EB.html
111
http://www.gnb.ca/0062/publications/AnnualReports/Justice_Annual_Report_10_11.p
df at 25
112
R. 51.08, R. 53.05, R. 56.01, 56.06, NS Courts, Video Conference Arrangements –
Law Courts (11 June 2004), online:
http://www.courts.ns.ca/General/bar_docs/video_conf_june04.pdf
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113
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-393.html?term=714.1#s-714.1 and
Practice Directive #29, 1 Feb 2010, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/Directives/PD29_Videoconferencing_CriminalMatters.pdf
114
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf Page50
115
S. 55 Small Claims Court Regulations, online:
http://www.yukoncourts.ca/pdf/New_Small_Claims_Regs.pdf
116
http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200607/202113F88E0A6-9968-5D31-
A381C35A069D35EB.html; 2007 Annual Report, p. 15
117
BC Prov Ct, Notice to the Profession (20 July 2011), online:
http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/pdf/Notice%20to%20the%20Profession%20
-%20Judicial%20Justices%20-%20Jul%2029,%202011.pdf
118
Including a pilot study to connect summary advice lawyers in larger centres with those
needing family law advice in more remote communities (Sep 2011-Jul 2012): NS DOJ,
“Innovative Pilot Project Improves Access to Justice System (19 Sep 2011), online:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20110919004
119
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/ca/practicenotes/e.pdf
120
Saskatchewan, Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 17) - criminal appeals can be heard from Prince
Albert Penitentiary http://www.sasklawcourts.ca/
121
BC Prov Ct, Notice to the Profession (20 July 2011), online:
http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/downloads/pdf/Notice%20to%20the%20Profession%20
-%20Judicial%20Justices%20-%20Jul%2029,%202011.pdf
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http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/297_2001a [PD
(Civil & Criminal) 19 Sep 2011 requires an application to be made for video or
teleconference in appeals -
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Court%5Fof%5FAppeal/practice%5Fand%5Fprocedure/civi
l_and_criminal_practice_directives/Chambers%20Applications%20by%20Telephone%2
0or%20Videoconference.htm
123
R. 62.02.1 allows CJ to direct any matter be heard by way of videoconference
124
Territorial Court Practice Direction (10 Mar 2011), online:
http://www.nwtcourts.ca/directives/PDTC26.pdf
125
R. 23.15(2) & (3), R. 25.03(1) & 25.04(1), NS Courts, Video Conference
Arrangements – Law Courts (11 June 2004), online:
http://www.courts.ns.ca/General/bar_docs/video_conf_june04.pdf
126
Nunavut Court of Justice, 2008 Annual Report, p. 16, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/files/2008_NCJ_annual_report.pdf
127
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/notices/pd/civil2003.htm ; R. 2(5), 14(8), 17(16)
Ontario Family Law Rules, online: http://www.e-
laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_990114_e.htm
128
R. 1, 75.1 PEI Rules of Civil Procedure:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/courts/supreme/rules/rulesearch.php3
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129
http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/mjq_en/c-superieure/index-cs.html; R. 91
http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/c-appel/English/Rules/rcivil/rcivil.html; R. 95
http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/c-appel/English/Rules/rcriminal/rcriminal.html
130
Saskatchewan, Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 17
131
Yukon Practice Direction #42 (14 June 2007), online:
http://www.yukoncourts.ca/pdf/PD_42_appearance_day.pdf
132
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report, 2008-2009
133
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/courts/accessibility_committee/fall_
2010_issue_1.pdf
134
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report, 2009-2010, p. A16
135
Video Plea Court Project piloted in Durham Region Courthouse in 2011; 2011
Opening of the Court Speech, Ontario Court of Justice 2011, online:
http://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/ocj/publications/2011-report-of-ontario-court-of-justice/.
136
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report, 2004-2005, online:
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/courts_annual_05.pdf
137
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report, 2004-2005, online:
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/courts_annual_05.pdf
138
Small Claims Court Practice Direction #21 http://www.yukoncourts.ca/pdf/pd21.pdf
139
PEI Practice note 40 Hague Convention Protocol 4(d) (18 March 2011), online:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/courts/supreme/practice_notes.pdf )
140
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-106/FullText.html
141
http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/tcc-cci_Eng/Process/Practice17
142
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/sys/index-eng.asp
143
www.yorku.ca/igreene/documents/ACCAWhitePaper11b.doc at 24
144
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report 2009-2010 at 44
145
Criminal Code of Canada, s. 486.2(7); Manitoba:
(http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2000/04/2000-04-10-02.html; Ontario: Ontario
Court Services Division Annual Report 2008-2009; Ontario 2008 Auditor General
Report; PEI: Attorney General Unveils New Closed-circuit Television Equipment, (21
August 2010), online:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/newsroom/index.php?number=news&dept=&newsnumber=6991&
lang=E ); Saskatchewan: Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 17-18.
146
See, for example: Alberta: http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200607/202113F88E0A6-9968-
5D31-A381C35A069D35EB.html.
147
http://www.sasklawcourts.ca/docs/qb_ConsolidatedVideoProtocol2011.pdf at 2, 9-11
148
Saskatchewan, Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 16
149
http://www.sasklawcourts.ca/docs/qb_ConsolidatedVideoProtocol2011.pdf at 8
150
BCSC Admin Notice 6 (2010/07/01), online:
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme%5Fcourt/practice%5Fand%5Fprocedure/practice_
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directions/administrative_notices/AN%20-%206%20Video%20Conferencing.pdf;
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/faq/info/videoconferencing.htm
151
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/faq/info/videoconferencing.htm
152
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/faq/info/vc_map.pdf By December 2011, over 200
units in 45 courthouses and correctional centres were reportedly part of the provincial
courtroom videoconferencing network:
http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2009-2013/2011AG0037-001642.htm.
153
http://www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/pdf/annual_report_2009-2010.pdf at 17-18
154
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 50
155
National Council of Welfare, Justice and the Poor, online:
http://www.ncw.gc.ca/l.3bd.2t.1ilshtml@-eng.jsp?lid=96&fid=4
156
http://www.nucj.ca/Directives/PD1_Communities_ShowCauseHearings.pdf
157
http://www.gnb.ca/0062/publications/AnnualReports/Justice_Annual_Report_10_11.p
df at 25; Nunavut Court of Justice 2007 Annual Report at 15;
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/faq/info/videoconferencing.htm
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In BC, for example, use of the courts’ videoconferencing equipment costs $100/hr per
site on the BC court network, telecom use charges of $65/hr within BC, $100/hr within
North America and $200/hr outside North America:
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/adm/adm509.pdf.
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http://www.cipa.ca/award_winners/winners_05/OntarioMinCommSafetyCorrServ.html
160
Ontario Auditor General Report, 2010, online:
http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/en10/407en10.pdf at 339. Had the 50% target
been reached, it was estimated that approximately $10 million could have been saved:
Ontario Auditor General Report 2008, online:
http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/en08/307en08.pdf at 220-221.
161
Ontario Court Services Division, Annual Report 2004-5.
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Ontario Court Services Division, Annual Report 2008-2009.
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However, an in-custody accused who does not have access to legal advice during any
proceeding is not to be permitted to appear remotely unless the court is first satisfied that
s/he will be “able to understand the proceedings and that any decisions made by the
accused during the proceeding will be voluntary”: s. 848 Criminal Code.
164
CA Annual Report p. 17
165
CSD 2009-2010, 2010-2011 ARs.
166
Accessibility Plan 2008-09
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/accessibility2008.asp
167
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/help-aide/index-eng.asp
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Note: http://www.bakerlaw.ca/content/jodhan-wins-landmark-case-against-federal-
government-fix-inaccessible-websites, a case in which the federal government was
ordered to address the inaccessibility of federal websites.
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See Treasury Board guidelines: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/tb-bo/acch-aacc-
eng.asp#cn_ht-ccss
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http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2011-2012/inst/jsc/jsc01-eng.asp
171
Courts Administration Service, 2010-2011 Annual Report, online: http://cas-ncr-
nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/CAS/AR-RA_eng/ar-ra-10-11_eng.pdf.
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23 October 2012 (amended 11 June 2014)
based on research conducted as of May 2012
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http://www.albertacourts.ca/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=yuRfwQjjR30%3d&tabid=331;
http://www.albertacourts.ca/ProvincialCourt/CourtCaseManagement/tabid/331/Default.as
px;
http://www.albertacourts.ca/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=RFGPmKp0ngk%3d&tabid=331
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Alberta, Court Case Management (CCM) Program Phase 1 Closeout Report (30 Sep
2010), online:
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=TFcLwniYMNE%3D&tabid=3
31
174
http://www.sierrasystems.com/Documents/Library/Justice/Brochure%20-
%20Case%20Management%20Systems.pdf
175
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/justin/index.htm
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http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/justin/benefits.htm
177
ACCA Tech Committee Update Dec 2010.doc
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http://bfo.com/casestudies/bcag.jsp
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http://www.openroad.ca/portfolio/webcats/;
180
Jennifer Jordan, http://cfcj-fcjc.org/inventory/reform.php?id=147
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Communication Technology Services Manitoba – p. 14
http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/publications/annualreports/pdf/annualreport0809.pdf
182
Nfld Department of Justice Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.justice.gov.nl.ca/just/publications/2010-
2011/Justice_Annual%20Report%202010-11.pdf
183
David T. Deveau, “Integrated Justice — Nova Scotia style” Society Record (October
2005) at 35, online: http://www.nsbs.org/archives/societyrecord/80389.pdf
184
Nunavut Court of Justice, 2002 Annual Report, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/files/2002_NCJ_annual_report.pdf; Nunavut Court of Justice, 2004
Annual Report, online: http://www.nucj.ca/files/2004_NCJ_annual_report.pdf; Nunavut
Court of Justice 2005 Annual Report, online:
http://www.nucj.ca/files/2005_NCJ_annual_report.pdf
185
Ontario Auditor General Report, 2010, online:
http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/en10/407en10.pdf at 339
186
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report 2010-2011 p. A17
187
Ontario Court Services Division Annual Report 2009-2010, p. 48
188
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/courts_annual_05.pdf
189
Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2010-2011 at p. 13
http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/francais/publications/administ/pdf/rap1011.pdf. For
information on cancellation see: Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2012-2013 at p. 26,
http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/francais/publications/administ/pdf/rap1213.pdf
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Saskatchewan, Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 25
191
Saskatchewan, Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2010-2011, online:
http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/PlanningAndReporting/2010-
11/201011JusticeAnnualReport.pdf at 16
192
Canadian Centre for Court Technology, “E-Filing Case Studies” (24 Feb 2012),
online: http://ccct-cctj.ca/wp-content/files/intellaction/CCCT-CCTJ%20E-
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