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Criminal Justice Transformation Group

The Criminal Justice Transformation Group (CJTG), previously known as the Nova Scotia Justice Forum,[1] is a Canadian provincial government body.

History

The Nova Scotia Justice Forum was established in 2014.[1:1]

In June 2020, CJTG launched a COVID-19 Working Group "tasked with considering the impact of the pandemic on the criminal justice system in Nova Scotia and offering a path forward." It was chaired by Pamela Williams.[2]

Membership

CJTG is composed of "high-level decision-makers from organizations across the criminal justice system," including:[1:2]

  • Criminal Lawyers' Association (CLA)
  • Department of Justice Canada
  • Halifax Regional Police
  • Nova Scotia Chiefs of Police Association
  • Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
  • Nova Scotia Department of Justice
  • Nova Scotia Legal Aid
  • Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service
  • Provincial Court of Nova Scotia
  • Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC)
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
  • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

Subsidiaries


  1. Criminal Justice Transformation Group. The Courts of Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 5, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230205080129/https://courts.ns.ca/General_Content/CJTG.htm ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Outgoing Chief Judge. (2023, August 28). The Courts of Nova Scotia. https://www.courts.ns.ca/resources/news/outgoing-chief-judge ↩︎