In adult criminal court according to Stats Canada, the average number of days it takes to get other drug offence is the technical term through the court system, and those would be things like drug trafficking, production, and importing and exporting, in the NWT in 2017-2018, it was 277 days, and the Canadian average -- sorry. That's the Canadian average, and in the NWT, it's 295 days. In 2018-2019, the Canadian average was 273 days, but in the NWT, the average was 413 days. That is because we are a small jurisdiction. If you have one large, complex case, that can skew the statistics, and there's ups and downs.
R.J. Simpson on Question 373-19(2): Drug Offences in the Legal System
In the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2020. See this statement in context.
Question 373-19(2): Drug Offences in the Legal System
Oral Questions
October 19th, 2020
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