The 54 firefighters and 11 blue collar workers that still face charges for their actions the night city hall was ransacked are looking to stop the trial from moving forward by using a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling.
According to La Presse the defendants will file a motion looking to invoke the Jordan decision, which set new rules for an accused's right to be tried within a reasonable time frame.
The trial is set to begin in April 2018, nearly four years after the protesters stormed city hall.
The Jordan decision states provincial court trials should be completed within 18 months of charges being laid, however if there is a preliminary inquiry the wait can be extended to 30 months.
The incident at city hall occurred on August 18, 2014, with many of the charges coming before the end of the month, meaning the deadline would have already passed.
The motion alleges the delay has nothing to do with the accused, and is entirely at the hands of the Crown.