Unfortunately, one of the real problems we have throughout Canada is gathering data that's reliable. Data has been notoriously poor, but I can tell you from the cases that I've litigated, only, and some of the cases we know of. We have two cases in Ontario. I did one and it was a 24-day delay. We have the Simonelli decision, where criminal organization charges were stayed for approximately about the same. I think it was a 23-day delay in getting bail hearings.
Another case that I did was an eight-day delay in getting bail hearings, and just so it's clear, it's not people who are adjourning their matters because they aren't ready. It's for people who come to court ready to proceed, and the court says, sorry, we don't have time. In the Manitoba cases, such as in Balfour and Young, you had delays in the six-week range in some cases, which are not uncommon.
It is absolutely typical to be unable to proceed on the day that you want to proceed. I'm not talking about the serious gun case. I'm talking about the regular, routine case. In most jurisdictions in Ontario that I'm aware of, it's a real challenge to get a same-day bail hearing if you're ready to go. You're often told to come back the next day, and even 24 hours in custody for those individuals is a very big price to pay, which is why one of the suggestions we made that you might consider is some form of interim bail provision, which is totally out-of-the-box thinking but it would help even the playing field if it were ever adopted.