Disclosure is time consuming and expensive but more, it reveals the weaknesses as well as the strengths of the prosecutions case.
So, for example, the video showing Stacy Bonds being assaulted came out as part of disclosure.
It is true that some lawyers try to use disclosure as a tactic -- demanding more and more in hopes the Crown will give up or cut a better deal. But such tactics seldom work.
The truth is that a real justice system has certain costs and disclosure is part of that.
DANIEL LEBLANC OTTAWA— From Thursday's Globe and Mail

The RCMP is calling on the Harper government to find a way to ease disclosure requirements that force the Mounties to share all of the fruits of their investigations with defence lawyers, although such a move would face stiff opposition in legal circles.
The second-in-command of the RCMP said in an interview that disclosure obligations, which have steadily grown since a 1991 Supreme Court decision, had initially added 10 per cent to the cost of an investigation in terms of money and human resources.
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/rcmp-wants-less-strict-rules-on-disclosure-to-defence-lawyers/article1859397/?service=mobile
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Hm ... I think that any limiting of disclosure could very well be a s.7 violation.
Given the resources of the RCMP, and the government, it would be unfair to limit the disclosure they need to hand over to a defense that may lack similar resources. It is blatant corruption, for the sake of potentially trimming the budget.
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