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The court dismissed a section 7 Charter application alleging that delayed disclosure regarding a non-existent video prejudiced the accused's ability to enter an early guilty plea.
The applicant brought a Charter application alleging a breach of section 7 rights due to the Crown's failure to timely disclose that no video recording existed of the intoxilyzer breath tests.
The applicant argued this prevented him from assessing the strength of the Crown's case within the 90-day window required to qualify for Stream A of the ignition interlock program, which provides reduced driving suspension periods.
The court dismissed the application, finding no section 7 violation occurred.
The court noted that while disclosure obligations are continuing, there is no mandatory 90-day disclosure deadline, and the applicant suffered no prejudice as he had not intended to plead guilty within that period and entered a not guilty plea at trial.
