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COVID-19 BRINGS AMERICAN-STYLE INJUSTICE TO CANADA
The criminal justice system is an essential service and the trial is a constitutional right for every person charged with a criminal offence. The right to reasonable bail is the only other stage in criminal litigation that is protected by our Constitution. And yet the courts of Ontario, at every level, have closed their doors to all trials, despite the fact that the justice system and the courts were deemed an essential service that was not required by the Emergencies Act to close.