It won’t be a trial. It’ll just be a first appearance. He’ll find out the evidence to be used against him and the Crown will possibly elect to proceed summarily or by indictment. A trial, if it ever happens, won’t be for months or perhaps up to a year.

The courts are dramatically backlogged right now, even before three months of suspension due to COVID19. He’ll probably just have the charges dropped if the Crown decides it isn’t in the public interest to proceed, which it clearly isn’t.