The appellant was convicted of fraud for failing to report employment income while receiving social assistance.
She appealed, arguing that the welfare agency's sharing of her T4 slips with the police violated her rights under ss. 7 and 8 of the Charter.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the conviction appeal, finding that the compelled production of pre-existing documents like T4 slips does not violate the principle against self-incrimination under s. 7.
Furthermore, the appellant had no reasonable expectation of privacy under s. 8 that the agency would not share evidence of fraud with the police.
The sentence appeal was allowed in part to delete a probation term requiring $100 monthly restitution payments due to the appellant's limited means, though the intermittent jail sentence and free-standing restitution order were upheld.
