Even 30 months is too long (excluding delays caused by the defence and force majeure).  That's two and a half years to have a criminal charge hanging over your head!

Yes, a shortage of judicial resources is part of the problem but I would argue that's actually only a symptom.  The real problem is judges who are too timid to take authoritative control of the proceedings in their court rooms and allow matters to be dragged out, thereby soaking up what resources are available.  There are numerous manifestations of this.  Some examples:

- a court date is set for the purpose of fixing yet another court date (e.g. for a sentencing hearing).
- defence counsel are allowed to go on open-ended fishing expeditions without laying any reasonable foundation for same.
- police making last minute disclosures of evidence (don't grant an adjournment - that only encourages them - just exclude it unless it is exculpatory).
- Crown Counsel being ill-prepared (cf. Ghomeshi).