Ontario Court Of Justice

It is what it is for the Ontario and Canadian Judicial Systems. Among other things a lot of inefficiency and confusion and the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing and a lot of people paid a lot of money to seemingly sit around and do very little. There's a near-total lack of any sort of facilities or amenities for the public other than washrooms and an old style drinking fountain on the wall. There is no cafeteria or snack bar of any kind and there is not even a drink or snack machine. Arguably these are not just things that should be offered as public conveniences but the court could be making money off of the sales of these items. That said I would imagine that if they did have vending machines they would be out of service and empty just like all of the hand sanitizer pumps that are attached to the walls throughout the court building. For the most part I'm sure that individual staff members of all sorts (judicial, clerical, administrative, support, security) do their jobs to the best of their abilities. On the other hand I'd caution any of them against any sort of misguided idea that they might somehow be "making a difference," as one only need spend a few hours observing to realize that this is a system, much like government, that is being crushed under its own weight: An overall antiquated system of "justice" that is ill designed or prepared for the world of 2017 (or 2000, for that matter). Individual players within the system are but exactly that - players - in what some might describe as a game, and others as a tragicomedy. I'd say it is both of those things, and more, including having become a monster: A judicial "industry" employing thousands of players - all needing to justify their continued employment and huge expense to the taxpayer by ensuring that ever more "criminals" are created and cycled and re-cycled through the doors (police, court, probation, parole, counselling, and the relatively modern "victim" industry).
9 years ago (19-06-2017)

No newspapers, no hotdog cart, no monkey butlers, I did not have fun.
9 years ago (13-07-2017)