Section 11(b)

11. Any person charged with an offence has the right to be tried within a reasonable time.

A stay of proceedings is the minimum remedy for an infringement of s.11(b) because the court has lost jurisdiction to proceed: Rahey v. R., 1987 CanLII 52 (S.C.C.), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 588.

http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/charter_digest/s-11-b.html
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Relevent Cases:

R. v. Morin, 1992 CanLII 89 (S.C.C.)

http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1992/1992canlii89/1992canlii89.html 

R. v. Smith, 1989 CanLII 12 (S.C.C.)

http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1989/1989canlii12/1989canlii12.html

R. v. McLellan, 2005 NBPC 24 (CanLII)

http://www.canlii.org/en/nb/nbpc/doc/2005/2005nbpc24/2005nbpc24.html