We’ve been holding back on an IRP update for a few weeks because it’s important to protect the position of our clients. Many people follow our blog, including people who lament and oppose our efforts to expose the system. So we try to balance the need to keep our cards close and keep people informed. And our supporters need to recognize that we are advocates, and we try to be careful to use what we know to the greatest effect. Which means sometimes we wait to see how things are playing out, sometimes we speak out right away and sometimes we let others accomplish what needs to be done.
As for the IRP update for people for whom petitions have been filed in Supreme Court pending resolutions of the earlier decisions, we can report that appeals have been filed in the BC Court of Appeal. The lawyers handling those matters hope to get into court fairly soon to seek an order that suspends everything for the people now in limbo. At this point, although we’re reviewing each client file, we’re advising people to hang on until the second week of September to see whether a hearing or decision at the Court of Appeal is on the immediate horizon.
As for the timelines that the Government lawyers have laid out to bring back all of the suspended Immediate Roadside Prohibition punishment, it’s now a matter that is all contingent on the rulings of the Court of Appeal. And although we would like to tell you more, we need to keep our cards close.
A lot is going on behind the scenes at the moment. The implications of any ruling, either way, from the Court of Appeal will have much broader consequences than we care to predict at this time. So we ask everyone to be patient as we try to provide regular IRP updates.