Alberta Minister of Justice and Attorney General Mickey Amery has introduced a bill to clarify the roles and responsibilities of cabinet and medical officers of health during public health emergencies.
The Alberta government says it won’t revamp its court system to get federal funding for 17 judges dedicated to hearing family court cases.Alberta Minister of Justice and Attorney General Mickey Amery says he won't let Ottawa tell Alberta how to organize its court system. The Alberta government says it won't revamp its court system to get federal funding for 17 judges dedicated to hearing family court cases.
Family law is a mix of provincial and federal statutes, which sends some Canadians navigating both provincial and superior courts when disputes arise. The federal government first offered to fund 17 unified family court judge positions in Alberta in 2018, Amery's press secretary, Chinenye Anokwuru said in a Thursday email.
The province has instead introduced a family justice strategy by hiring more staff for "pre-court services" in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer. They hope they can divert more families from court hearings by requiring most cases to try mediation first, offering other alternative dispute resolution options, and funding family court counsellors.
It's detrimental to children and parents when heart-wrenching, high-stress family court matters drag on, he said.
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