In Canada, the Action Committee adopted its nine Justice Development Goals after working collaboratively with people across the country to examine how to advance access to justice (A2J). These nine goals map out a path to improve A2J that everyone, whatever they are working on, can follow to align their work toward a more inclusive and accessible system. This progress report indicates 6,254,736 people were impacted by 2021 A2J projects.
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Justice Development Goal 3: Make Courts Work Better
Help People Who are Representing Themselves
Recommendation 11: Courts should offer services, including early resolution and information services, for people who are navigating the legal system alone.-
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Justice Development Goal 3: Make Courts Work Better
Manage Cases Effectively
Recommendation 12: Timelines, simplified procedures, shared experts, and limited number of witness should be agreed to, or insisted on by judges, to make better use of court time and encourage early settlement.-
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Justice Development Goal 3: Make Courts Work Better
Be Accessible and User-Focused
Recommendation 13: Courts and procedures need to be modernized to reflect people’s needs, including better use of technology where it can make the process faster or easier without ignoring the needs of vulnerable people.-
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Justice Development Goal 3: Make Courts Work Better
Protect Judicial Independence
Recommendation 14: Ensure system improvements do not interfere with a judge’s ability to make independent, ethical decisions to protect people’s rights.-
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Justice Development Goal 4: Improve Family Justice
Offer a Broad Range of Services
Recommendation 15: Make family law services easier to find, including triage, early intervention, integrated and collaborative processes, parenting and financial services.-
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Justice Development Goal 4: Improve Family Justice
Promote Consensual Resolution
Recommendation 16: Develop and expand proactive management of family issues and more consensual approaches and services, maintaining a focus on safety.-
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Justice Development Goal 4: Improve Family Justice
Innovate
Recommendation 17: Educate people about less adversarial approaches and experiment with new services and processes to create opportunities for consensus resolution.-
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Justice Development Goal 4: Improve Family Justice
Restructure Family Courts
Recommendation 18: Locate all of the aspects of family law in the same place, including separation, custody and access, and divorce, ideally under one judge.-
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Justice Development Goal 5: Work Together
Establish Coordinated Efforts
Recommendation 19: Bring all of the organizations involved in access to justice in each province or territory together to focus on local solutions.-
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Justice Development Goal 5: Work Together
Include Everyone
Recommendation 20: Involve the major institutions (courts, governments) professional groups (lawyers’ associations), community groups and non-profits (clinics, PLE providers), academics and individuals to find new creative approaches.-
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