The trial hasn\u0027t even happened, no evidence heard but it all might be over before it even begins due to Canada\u0027s lack of judges.
In part, Alexandra detailed how her father deprived her of food and sleep and was verbally abusive. Worse was the sexual abuse with her father forcing her to sleep naked with him, limited her use of the toilet, had her perform strip teases for him and forced her to touch him sexually.
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms upholds the ancient right that we all have the right “to be tried within a reasonable time.” That wasn’t happening in Canada’s court system and so in a 2016 case known as the Jordan decision, the court set rules including that a trial must happen within 18 months for lesser cases, and within 30 months for more serious cases.
“It was a clear signal from the supreme courts to all governments that they needed to fix the capacity and hire more judges, but it hasn’t happened,” MacKay said. “There are dozens of good candidates waiting to be called and dozens who won’t apply because it is very political,” Goldkind said of the onerous application process to become a judge.
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