I'm a great admirer of both Chief Justice Dickson and Chief Justice Lamer, as they then were, but I don't agree with everything they ever said. If they made these comments, they would have made them a while ago. I appreciate that Justice Lamer's 2003 report was made in the context of an entirely different act, in which he felt the summary process could be improved significantly.
It turns out that many of the problems that Justice Lamer identified in 2003 have not in fact been rectified, as we can see from the JAG reports. The annual JAG reports consistently within their surveys demonstrate that these problems are outstanding. They come in the form of comments. Sixty-six percent of people tried under the summary trial process reported that the process was unfair, and 16% of respondents believed that their guilt was predetermined by the process. Those are bad outcomes. I'm sure Mr. Justice Dickson and Mr. Justice Lamer would agree with those propositions.