The Supreme Court of Canada has fired a rocket up the collective rear of the somnolent justice system and the key players in it. If the case was proceeding within the old guidelines under R v Morin, the court said, the exception will apply. “And public confidence is essential to the survival of the system itself, as a fair and balanced criminal justice system simply cannot exist without the support of the community,” the judges said. But in the almost quarter-century since Morin, the court said, “the system has lost its way. “This case is an example of how delay works to the detriment of everyone.”Email: cblatchford@postmedia.com | Twitter: @blatchkiki

Source: National Post July 08, 2016 18:00 UTC