[17] Considering the circumstances, I am not prepared to schedule an application to contest the constitutional validity of s. 329 of the Canada Elections Act at this time. The request for an urgent and expedited hearing is refused for these reasons. [18] Should the parties be unable to resolve the issue of costs, they may file brief written submissions according to the following timetable: the respondent by May 6, 2011 and the applicants by May 20, 2011. Request denied. 2011 ONSC 2281 (CanLII) [16] I also am of the view that the time frame would not allow the court opportunity to perform its duties in a satisfactory manner. The application judge would be required to provide an almost immediate decision in a complex case. That is not the appropriate way to dispense justice. Challenges to the constitutional validity of legislation require extensive and careful analysis of complex Charter principles. The applicants are asking the court to perform its role in a perfunctory manner rather than in a thoughtful and considered way. In my view, to have an expedited determination of these issues would not be in the public interest.

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