OTTAWA — When Ontario’s two top judges took the stage during the opening of the province’s courts in September, they did something that hadn’t happened in years: they both pleaded for Ottawa to pay for more judges.

“There are not enough judges to meet the demands of the number of cases in the system,” said Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz , who heads the country’s busiest federally appointed court. “The stakes are high.”

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“The Court of Appeal’s complement remains significantly under-resourced compared to other provinces,” Court of Appeal for Ontario Chief Justice Michael Tulloch noted, describing the challenge as “particularly pressing” .

Their combined appeal was extraordinary in that both courts have seldom simultaneously pleaded openly for

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