Observers have predicted, whatever the decision, the case could be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

A decision in the magic mushroom constitutional challenge will go ahead as planned next month after a judge decided the man on trial doesn’t have to be in the courtroom – or the country – to hear it.

Ontario Court Justice George Orsini agreed Friday that the defence lawyer for Samer Akila, 33, can continue to appear in court by designation of counsel, meaning appearing without his client present in the courtroom, when the judge delivers his decision in the ground-breaking case on Oct. 7.

Akila pleaded not guilty to possession for the purpose of trafficking psilocybin, more commonly known as magic mushrooms, following a June 2023 London police search of a FunGuyz location , one

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