“Courts across the country have reduced their services to hearings on urgent and emergency matters. Nothing’s really normal right now. many fear that the bottleneck being created by pandemic-driven postponements and cancellations will have a cascade effect on an already overburdened system, leaving lawyers and judges with an unworkable quagmire once courthouses themselves return to full service.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stefanovich-covid19-exposes-court-shortcomings-1.5502077