The defendant, a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, organized and promoted two vacation packages without being registered as a travel agent under the Travel Industry Act.
The Bahamas cruise package resulted in $25,089.91 in losses to 104 victims, and the Hawaii vacation package resulted in $45,500.00 in losses with no value delivered.
The defendant was convicted of two counts of acting as a travel agent without registration.
At sentencing, the court found aggravated moral wrongdoing, including misappropriation of funds, continued promotion of trips while unable to deliver, and deliberate deception of victims.
The court imposed intermittent jail sentences totaling 75 days on the primary count and 45 days concurrent on the secondary count, rejecting arguments for a non-custodial sentence despite the defendant's lack of prior record and extensive volunteer history.
