We're proposing that provisions be made to allow for the judge's discretion. I have a sister who sat on a jury for a megatrial. Everyone agrees that it's absolute hell. Nevertheless, I don't think the Criminal Code should be rearranged for the sole purpose of accommodating mega trials.
That's the flip side of the coin. These provisions give the accused an additional right. In that type of trial, if there were French-speaking and English-speaking defendants, it seems to me that it would be preferable to put all of the francophones in one group, and all of the anglophones in another.