Proceedings in court are generally to be public. Public confidence in the integrity of the judicial process is furthered thereby. As well, a better understanding of the administration of justice is thereby fostered. Hence, as a general proposition the sensibilities of the parties involved are not a basis for the exclusion of the public from judicial proceedings. MacIntyre v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 1982 CanLII 14 (SCC), [1982] 1S.C.R. 175 per Dickson, J.
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