I think there is a relatively new element. In Quebec, in recent years, we have seen the advent of what we started to call mega trials. This is a new way of managing and organizing the work of those involved in criminal prosecutions.
Managing this information and this documentation requires a certain level of expertise that will evolve with time and practice. From a procedural point of view, difficulties and problems arise, and they cannot always be resolved in a simple manner. We simply can't just appear before a judge. We have to go before the judge who is seized of the case file. Today, trials cannot begin overnight, not for the prosecution, nor for the accused. This is impossible and inconceivable. A person learns that they are being charged, and have been the subject of a four-year investigation. This must be factored in, and the system must adjust. There is an element of learning and organization.
In fact, two weeks ago, in Montreal, there was a conference organized by the judges of the first and second instance courts of Quebec to raise awareness among both prosecution and defence lawyers and allow for an exchange on these issues. Indeed, there are difficulties in the major files, and that is what is of concern to us. The more common and frequent cases do not pose problems. Major cases present problems to prosecutors and investigators because important information is provided to them, they have to analyze and organize it, and then disclose this information. Those who receive the information must be able to confront all of that.
This is a double-sided issue. On the one hand, the more consistent and structured disclosure of evidence is, the easier it is to rule on these cases. There are cases that go to trial, even protracted and long trials, but there are also an enormous number of cases that are resolved through guilty pleas because of the police work that—