Province investing in technology such as CaseLines, Justice Services Online, jury pre-screening tool
Ontario is investing in technology for its courts to deliver more services online and to conduct more remote proceedings.
The province intends for these technological investments to reduce the need for in-person courthouse visits and to make accessing the justice system safer, easier, faster, more responsive and more affordable amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
“Throughout the COVID-19 emergency and recovery, we have worked with our partners to move Ontario’s justice system forward by decades in a matter of months through game-changing modernization initiatives,” said Attorney General Doug Downey in a news release.
These technological investments and innovations include the following:
Other planned initiatives include the digitization of the provincial criminal justice system and the adoption of electronic filing for probate court documents, which will potentially speed up the processing for certain estate applications and which will reduce the necessity for in-house courthouse visits and the time and expenses needed for filing documents via regular mail.
“Building a more accessible, responsive and resilient justice system is another example of how the province is harnessing technology and innovation to deliver a government that works better for the people of Ontario,” said Peter Bethlenfalvy, treasury board president, in the news release.