Ontario looks to speed up judicial appointments, add more judges to courts

It’s not exactly a papal conclave, but the doors are similarly locked, and the counting of votes at Canadian polling stations and their reporting to Elections Canada and onward to the public on election night is similarly steeped in tradition, protocol and a grand sense of purpose. Many people don’t realize it happens the old fashioned way, each ballot counted by hand, the vote read aloud to an audience of official observers before it is...