Military justice slows to a halt in Canada

Stuart Peddle writes in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald about the current freeze-up in Canada's military justice system. The Supreme Court will hear the government's stay application on January 14, 2019 and has set March 26, 2019 as the hearing date on the merits of the pending appeal from a decision of the Court Martial Appeal Court. "Further complicating matters is the chief military judge, Col. Mario Dutil, is facing charges himself, stemming from allegations he entered a consensual relationship with a subordinate. Dutil is one of only four military judges hearing cases, leaving the system down to three."