Justice and Public Safety
June 24, 2016
Ensuring Continued Access to Justice
Minister Announces Two Supreme Court Locations to Remain Open
The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General, today announced that as a result of savings that have been identified by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, court locations in Grand Falls-Windsor and Grand Bank will remain open.
“In recent weeks, the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court presented me with a proposal that identified additional savings beyond what was originally budgeted while allowing court sites in Grand Falls-Windsor and Grand Bank to remain open. Based on this new information, we can maintain access to justice services in those communities in a fiscally responsible manner.”
- The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General
The proposal brought forward by the Supreme Court will achieve additional annualized savings of approximately $74,000. Minister Parsons will be available to the media to discuss this decision at 10:00 a.m. today (Friday, June 24) in front of the House of Assembly in the East Block of Confederation Building.
QUICK FACTS:
- Supreme Court locations in Grand Falls-Windsor and Grand Bank will remain open as a result of a new budget proposal that was presented to the Minister of Justice and Public Safety by the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court.
- The new proposal will result in maintaining services in these communities while realizing additional annualized savings of approximately $74,000 for the Provincial Government.
- By making this decision, the Department of Justice and Public Safety will exceed original budget targets.
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Media contact:
| Luke Joyce
Director of Communications Department of Justice and Public Safety 709-729-6985, 725-4165 lukejoyce@gov.nl.ca |
2016 06 24 9:00 a.m.