Comment: The Supreme Court of Canada has certainly made a big mess.

What they did was markedly foolish. They chose to put into motion a set of events that would set criminals free, to the detriment of everyday citizens, if the other arms of government did not meet the strict timeline the Judges imposed.

In other words, they made the egregious error of setting up a mechanism that would ultimately make everyday citizens pay the price for government failure to meet their imposed and tight deadlines.

What a mess. And what a poorly developed ruling from the bench.

In future, when the judicial tail decides to wag the national dog, the tail would do well to set up the needed penalties and reprimands for the individual politicians who fail to meet the judges' strict timelines. That way the politicians, the objects of the court's ire, will bear the brunt of failing the judicial directive, instead of having everyday citizens pay the (too high) price.