Sentencing of a declared dangerous offender serving a ten-year long-term supervision order for two counts of failing to comply with LTSO conditions, namely cocaine consumption and failure to provide documented financial information.
The court assessed the offender's extensive criminal record of violent robberies, his intractable substance abuse directly linked to violent recidivism, the intergenerational trauma stemming from the residential school and child welfare systems, and his inconsistent rehabilitative engagement, concluding that public protection must predominate as an enhanced sentencing objective notwithstanding applicable Gladue factors.
