Sentencing for possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking following a guilty plea, where police seized 1,034.6 grams of fentanyl from the offender's person and residence.
The court treated denunciation and deterrence as paramount, emphasizing the deadly nature of fentanyl, the exceptional quantity involved, and the offender's high moral blameworthiness, while also giving weight to the guilty plea, acceptance of responsibility, traumatic background, and strong rehabilitative efforts in custody.
Relying on national and Ontario fentanyl sentencing authorities, the court concluded the offender's conduct exceeded mid-level trafficking but did not establish a sophisticated leadership role in a larger operation.
A sentence of 12-and-one-half years' imprisonment was imposed, less Summers and Duncan credit for pre-sentence custody, together with ancillary DNA, weapons prohibition, and forfeiture orders.
