When I asked the Crown to lift it.... In my case, we had a lunch break, and the judge in the first half mentioned the publication ban. When I heard this, I sent an email to my victim services worker and said, “Tell the Crown to lift this. I don't want it.” They went back and forth, and the Crown's answer was that they didn't know how to lift it and didn't know what their policy was for lifting it, which felt absurd to me because at the time, I was a 26-year-old woman and this ban was meant to protect my own identity. Who else should weigh in on that question other than me? I should determine what is helpful for my protection and what I want in my own case.
There are different types of publication bans that can apply to cases, none of which I was subject to. This one was meant to protect my own interests, and the Crown felt it was not necessary to proceed and ask that it be lifted that day in court.