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Tribunal grants party status and adjourns CMC to allow appellants to retain specialized municipal counsel.
At a Case Management Conference for appeals of a Zoning By-law Amendment, the Tribunal granted party status to the property owner and a neighbouring developer.
The appellants, who attended with limited-retainer counsel, requested an adjournment to retain specialized municipal counsel and respond to the applicant's motions for summary dismissal.
The Tribunal granted the adjournment, finding that the prejudice to the appellants of proceeding without proper counsel outweighed any prejudice to the applicant, and scheduled a second Case Management Conference to hear the motions and finalize the procedural order.
Offender sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment for internet child luring in a police sting operation.
The offender was convicted of internet child luring following a police sting operation where he believed he was communicating with a 15-year-old girl.
The court considered the constitutionality of the mandatory minimum sentence under s. 172.1(2)(a) of the Criminal Code, finding it unconstitutional based on binding precedent.
Weighing the offender's difficult background as a refugee against the gravity of the offence and the Supreme Court's direction to increase sentences for child sexual offences, the court imposed a sentence of 16 months' imprisonment, one year of probation, and ancillary orders.
