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The sentencing judge acted within statutory discretion and did not err in principle by imposing a 10-year driving prohibition; he properly prioritized deterrence and denunciation, considered the sentence as a whole, and his reasons were cogent and not demonstrably unfit, so the appeal is dismissed.
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The court accepted a joint sentencing submission for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, imposing two years less a day plus ancillary orders.
The court upheld the conviction because the lower courts' findings and dismissal of the stay application were not unreasonable; however the sentencing judge erred by effectively fettering discretion and excluding conditional sentences contrary to R. v. Proulx, so the appellate court varied the sentence to a 12‑month conditional sentence with the agreed conditions to be served in the community.
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