"trial courts are required to consider alternatives to closure even when they are not offered by the parties," or by anyone else. In other words, a judge who does not want to be reversed on appeal must be confident that there cannot possibly be any alternative to closure that might later be conjured up by some appellate lawyer.

Canada

Pursuant to the open court principle and related legislation, legal proceedings are generally open to the public and the media.

Section 135(1)

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