The accused was convicted of criminal negligence causing death and impaired operation of a vessel causing death following the death of an eight-year-old child during a canoeing incident on the Muskoka River during spring run-off.
The accused had consumed alcohol and cannabis before taking the child canoeing toward a waterfall to retrieve a barrel, resulting in the canoe capsizing and the child drowning.
The court imposed a six-year penitentiary sentence and a ten-year prohibition on operating a vessel, finding the accused's conduct demonstrated wanton and reckless disregard for the child's life and safety.
