By David Baxter The recent federal budget included $58 million in additional funding court administration but the Federal Court still doesn’t have a clear picture of how it can be used to reduce a massive caseload that has grown rapidly since 2020. “At the moment, the Federal Court doesn’t have additional details on how the funding confirmed will be distributed among the stated purposes,” Chief Justice Paul Diner told The Canadian Press in an emailed statement on Thursday. The Federal Court hears immigration-related issues such as visa applications, refugee claims, admissibility cases and removals. It has responsibility for upholding the law in other areas related to federal jurisdiction, like intellectual property, national security and Indigenous rights. The court asked for additional resources to handle a caseload that’s ballooned to nearly…
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