That's interesting, because I don't think the provisions we're really equipped to speak about, such as extending the limitation period to prove a charge in a summary offence, will do it. I mean, that's sort of the cynical way of trying to get around Jordan. This is all basically an attempt to get around Jordan.
Right now you have a six-month limitation period. We see in British Columbia that it's not uncommon for five months and two weeks to go by before a police officer submits their police report in an impaired driving case. You have your client wondering, “Am I going to be charged? Is this thing ever going to go to court?” Now it's going to be 11 months and two weeks before the file gets submitted, because you're just extending it and giving them this extra opportunity. For what? Why are you doing it? It's because you're trying to pull a fast one on the court. You're trying to say that you're within this Jordan timeline, because the Jordan timeline starts at the charge approval stage, not at the time of the incident.
I'll tell you right now that the court will see through that in a fairly short period of time and come up with another date. I mean, the Jordan timeline is an arbitrary date. It's an arbitrary period that they picked. They picked it because they were sick and tired of seeing these delays. They basically thrust an arbitrary date on us, and they'll just thrust another arbitrary date on us that will start from the time of the incident. I mean, one year to wait to find out whether or not you're charged with an offence...? You have to put your school on hold or put your career on hold or what have you because you allegedly committed an offence. It's months and months and months after that before you get your chance to go to court.
Is this an attempt to actually, in a genuine way, deal with delay? No. It's not.