The court addressed sentencing for breaches of long-term supervision orders by Indigenous long-term offenders and reaffirmed the mandatory application of Gladue principles in every such case.
It held that sentencing judges must consider systemic and background factors and craft proportionate, individualized sanctions even for serious breaches tied to risk management.
In the first appeal, errors in principle required intervention and the custodial term was reduced to one year.
In the second appeal, the one-year sentence imposed by the appellate court was upheld.
