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Chief Justice Bauman Warns BC’s Judicial System is “threatened, if not in peril” Due to Underfunding

In a speech given at a Canadian Bar Association BC Branch conference earlier this week Robert Bauman, the Chief Justice of the BC Supreme Court warned that government underfunding has caused a “gradual, insidious process of incremental damage” which has threatened BC’s Court system.

You can click here for a link to the full text of the speech.

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4 Responses to “Chief Justice Bauman Warns BC’s Judicial System is “threatened, if not in peril” Due to Underfunding”

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