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March 26, 2020
Report on Telewarrants and on the Ontario eTelewarrant and eReport Initiatives
Access to Justice / Justice Efficiency
Report on Telewarrants and on the Ontario eTelewarrant and eReport Initiatives
DATE
March 26, 2020
AUTHORS
Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System
YEARS
2020
POLICIES
Access to Justice / Justice Efficiency
Report on Telewarrants and on the Ontario eTelewarrant and eReport Initiatives
This report is presented with the view to encouraging optimal use of technology associated with seeking and issuing search warrants and other similar judicial authorizations and reporting to justice on property seized to improve the efficiency in the criminal justice system.
The first part of this report identifies two aspects of the Criminal Code telewarrant regime that would greatly benefit from legislative reform: the limited availability of the telewarrant process to a number of Criminal Code search warrants and the requirement that there be circumstances that make it impracticable for the applicant to attend personally to obtain a search warrant. The second part describes Ontario’s experience with enhanced use of technology in relation to two specific initiatives currently in place in the Ontario Court of Justice: the eTelewarrant and eReport processes. Given the advantages gained by implementing such initiatives, other jurisdictions may wish to consider adopting similar models to increase the efficiency of the criminal justice system.
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