I think a justice is always going to say to the defence, “you may”. I can't think of too many circumstances where the justice will compel, but let's go on the other side of the coin. If I were a crown and the justice said, “Mr. Trudell you shall”, then I might say, “Your worship, I need an adjournment because it's not available. I have done the best I can to put all the information before you, so if you're saying 'shall', then I'm not prepared to go today. We're going to have to put this over until I can speak to the officer in charge and get some information that wasn't available, or the police officer, who usually is here and presses the button in five seconds to get this material, is not available, so I don't have anyone to do this. We're going to have to ask this bail hearing to stand down”. That's how it works everyday.
On April 4th, 2017. See this statement in context.