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A Quebec court judge admonished the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes for a lack of transparency in its communications with the public. Families and advocates say the ruling confirms what they have been arguing about the investigative body for years.
The assumed leader of Quebec s anti-mask movement, Mario Roy, is facing criminal charges in connection with the blockage of the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel in March.
Mélanie, Michel et Dax Ste-Marie and a fourth person, Richard Felx, were found guilty in 2016 of conspiring to launder the proceeds of crime, money laundering and of committing an offence for the benefit of a criminal organization.
The Quebec court found there had been unreasonable delays but refused to order a stay of proceedings, a decision overturned last September by the Quebec Court of Appeal, which ordered a stay.
In July 2016, the Supreme Court issued what is known as the Jordan ruling, establishing strict time limits for legal proceedings.
The trial of the four co-accused was heard before the Jordan ruling was rendered. Charges were laid in 2009 and the trial judge calculated that the trial concluded in March 2016 a 77-month delay.