Premier Clark announced her
new executive council yesterday, including the appointment of
Suzanne Anton, a lawyer and former Vancouver city councillor, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. The former Attorney General,
Shirley Bond, who served in that post for the last two years if memory serves, has been appointed as Minister of Jobs and Minister of
Labour.
According to the government
backgrounder, Minister Anton's priorities will be to:
- work to enhance public safety and security for all BC residents and implement the Domestic Violence Prevention Strategy;
- ensure reforms from our comprehensive review of the justice system are implemented, including greater court efficiencies to reduce backlogs; and,
- begin consultations to modernize BC's liquor laws.
If you can think of anything else which might be a top-three priority, like, for example, properly funding the provincial court, restoring legal aid for family law matters and improving access to justice, leave a comment.
