That's interesting. You are president of the Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario. I assume that you have a few years of experience in private practice. Civil courts are also backed up. As the previous witness, Mr. McCarthy, was saying, those are closely linked. Since the R. v. Jordan ruling was handed down, time frames imposed on criminal trials have resulted in judges being engaged extensively in criminal cases and moving away from civil law cases. Those are in fact closely linked.
You are telling us about those barriers in a criminal trial. I understand the idea, and I think it makes sense. We should discuss this further. However, there are also similar barriers in civil law cases.
Can you talk to us about that? What do you think prevents certain cases from being resolved in civil courts?