A number of my colleagues have asked about the Newfoundland model. In my experience with courts, if the applicants, in this case the government, are seeking a declaration that they do not need to take a particular action, there is no particular pressing need for them to pursue the application expeditiously. Is there not a worry that there are going to be delays here? If it is the applicant who wants information, there is an incentive to speed the thing up, but if the applicant is the government.... Maybe the Newfoundland model is too new and we don't have this experience on record, but is there not a worry that the government wouldn't pursue that application with haste?
On March 10th, 2016. See this statement in context.