The applicant, charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, applied for a stay of proceedings under section 24(1) of the Charter, alleging a breach of his section 11(b) right to be tried within a reasonable time.
The total delay from charge to the anticipated end of trial was 53.5 months.
Applying the Jordan framework, the court deducted defence-waived and defence-caused delays, bringing the net delay just under the 30-month presumptive ceiling.
The court found the applicant failed to show the delay was unreasonable or that he took meaningful steps to expedite the proceedings.
Furthermore, as a transitional case, the parties' reasonable reliance on the previous law justified the delay.
The application was dismissed.
