Normandeau trial to continue after judge rejects Jordan request

The legal delays in a trial involving former Quebec deputy-premier Nathalie Normandeau are reasonable, a Quebec Court judge ruled on Monday, rejecting an attempt by the defence to stop the proceeding on the grounds of the Jordan decision, a Supreme Court ruling that sets time limits on trials.
Judge André Perreault wrote in his decision that even if the deadline in this case is 18 months, the Crown, in continuing the case for 25 months and 19 days, had simply done a thorough job of explai