Does the department keep statistics by jurisdiction on the average time it takes to try a case? How does the system work? With the Askov decision, in Ontario, it was found that not having a trial within a reasonable time went against our constitutional guarantees. Has the situation improved considerably? Does your department in some way monitor what is happening in Quebec, in Nova Scotia, in Prince Edward Island...
Obviously, we have to make a distinction between civil law, family and criminal law, whether or not there was a preliminary inquiry. Are there any statistics province by province on how the courts work that could assist us?
We agree that there needs to be more judges; that is not the problem. I'm trying to understand why there would be 20 more rather than 25 or 30 more.