The Newfoundland and Labrador government is forming a working group to tackle what it calls systemic issues in the justice system, but answers or solutions could still be months away.

"The complexities we face will take time to resolve, but I am optimistic about the future. Our new government is working hard trying to tackle the problems that have been building over the past number of years," Justice Minister Helen Conway Ottenheimer told reporters Thursday.

Her comments come close to a week after several key operations inside Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court were suspended indefinitely, including civil hearings, traffic hearings and more.

The move also impacts circuit courts and mental health and intimate partner violence prevention courts, which will move to bi-weekly sc

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