Appeal from an Ontario Review Board disposition under Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code concerning a person under the Board’s jurisdiction who had been approved for supervised community living but had not yet secured an appropriate placement.
The Board expanded the permitted geographic scope of community accommodation to Southern Ontario but declined to order an independent housing assessment, finding the request premature in light of ongoing placement efforts.
The Court of Appeal found no error in that approach and dismissed the appeal.
The court added that, if housing is still not secured by the next review hearing, the Board should engage its inquisitorial mandate and require further evidence, expert or otherwise, on the housing challenges.
