The applicant brought a motion for a stay of proceedings under s. 24(1) of the Charter, alleging his s. 11(b) right to a trial within a reasonable time was violated.
The charges arose from a complex multi-year joint forces investigation into drug trafficking.
The court applied the Jordan framework and calculated the total delay, subtracting periods of defence waiver and defence-caused delay.
The court found the net delay of 25.5 months fell below the 30-month presumptive ceiling for superior courts.
Alternatively, the court held that the case's significant evidentiary and procedural complexity justified the delay as an exceptional circumstance.
The application for a stay was dismissed.
