The offender pleaded guilty to possession of a loaded prohibited, modified firearm and possession of that firearm in contravention of a court order prohibiting him from possessing firearms.
The Crown sought a penitentiary sentence of 3.5 years less credit for pretrial custody.
The court imposed a suspended sentence with three years of probation, crediting 1,032 days of pretrial custody (2 years, 10 months, and 2 days), with 900 days attributed to the firearm possession and 132 days consecutive for the breach of the prohibition order.
The sentencing was significantly influenced by the offender's Gladue report, which documented severe intergenerational trauma stemming from residential schools, multiple family deaths, and systemic disadvantage affecting his moral culpability.
The court emphasized rehabilitation and restorative justice through Indigenous community support services rather than additional incarceration.
