There are time standards that are established, for example, by the Canadian Forces provost marshal. How long should his police investigation last? As noted in the Auditor General's report, sometimes they were longer than that and we did not often know why. There are time standards for the provision of legal advice to units and prosecutors when charges are being considered. Again, as noted by the Auditor General's report, it was not always documented as to why they were not respected. That's what needs to be fixed. We need to define time standards. We need to be able to hold people, actors, accountable for respecting those time standards and know why they're not able to meet the time standards when they can't.
On October 22nd, 2018. See this statement in context.