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R1. Additional Resource Allocation for BC Crown Counsel
WHEREAS BC Crown Counsel plays a critical role in ensuring the fair, timely, and effective administration of justice across the province; and
WHEREAS Insufficient staffing levels, workload pressures, and resource limitations within BC Crown Counsel services have resulted in delays, increased adjournments, burnout risk among prosecutors, and challenges ensuring timely access to justice for victims, accused persons, and communities;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that NCLGA advocate to the Province to allocate additional and sustained funding, staffing, and operational resources to the BC Crown Counsel Service to ensure it can adequately meet current and future demands within the justice system.
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