An article by Justin Ling in the Canadian Bar Association magazine discusses the recent decision in Vader. The judge may have erred when he relied on s230 of the Criminal Code; a section that the SCC has deemed unconstitutional in the Martineau case.
Read the article here: http://www.nationalmagazine.ca/Blog/September-2016/The-Vader-decision-Mistrial-or-down-to-manslaughte.aspx