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suspended sentence would be more appropriate as well as to
compel 100 hours of community service and a $2,500 fine.

III. ANALYSE

[35] Le Tribunal considhre que les accusis ont en quelque
sorte fait la dimonstration quil y allait de leur viritable
intirjt de ne pas avoir de casier judiciaire puisque si cela
devait jtre le cas, il est possible quils pourraient perdre
leur permis.

[35] The Court considers the accused have in some way
demonstrated that they have a true interest in not having a
criminal record because it would cause them to lose their
permits.

[36] La viritable question ici est celle de savoir si le
fait dimposer une libiration inconditionnelle ou
conditionnelle nuirait ` lintirjt public ou ` limage de la
justice dans les circonstances.

[36] the real question here is whether imposing a
conditional or unconditional discharge would harm the public
interest or the image of justice in the circumstances.

[37] Le Tribunal estime quil en serait ainsi sil devait
absoudre inconditionnellement les accusis puisque quils ont
dicidi de mettre en place une culture de cannabis en dipit
de la loi. M. Brunet a fait la preuve quil connant bien
toutes les exigences de la loi et les conditions dobtention
dun permis.

[37] The Court it would be so if it unconditionally
discharged the accused since they did decide to set up a
cannabis grow despite the law. Mr. Brunet testified he knew
well all the requirements of the law and the conditions to
obtain a permit.

[38] Cependant, les infractions commises ne revjtent pas une
graviti objective trhs grande, leur plaidoyer de culpabiliti
et la reconnaissance de leur tort ainsi que labsence de
casier judiciaire, sont tous des iliments qui doivent jtre
pris en considiration.

[38] However, the infractions committed do not disclose a
very large serious objective, their guilty plea as well as
the absence of criminal record, are all elements that must
be taken into consideration.

[39] Ils ont aussi fait la preuve de la ligitimiti de leur
demande de permis de culture de cannabis qui leur a iti
octroyi ` des fins midicales.

[39] They also proved the legitimacy of their application
for a permit to cultivate cannabis which was granted for
medical purposes.

[40] @ lopposi, le Tribunal doit aussi prendre en compte
quils ont enfreint la loi en toute connaissance de cause et
le Tribunal doit imposer une peine juste et proportionnelle.

[40] On the other hand, the Court must also take account
that they knowingly violated the law and that the Court must
impose a just and proportional sentence.

JCT: No matter how much they needed their medicine, they
should have waited the many months until Health Canada had
processed their permit. No matter desperately she needed her
medicine, she should have waited.

[41] Il y a lieu de distinguer la responsabiliti de Monsieur
Brunet qui est plus grande que celle de Madame Pilon qui
sest assuriment fait manipuler. Ce dernier savait ce quil
faisait ayant lui-mjme obtenu dans le passi un permis pour
la culture de cannabis pour son propre usage. Cest lui qui a
mis en place la culture chez Mme Pilon.

[41] The responsibility of Mr. Brunet must be distinguished
as greater than that of Madame Pilon who was surely
manipulated. He knew what he was doing since he had himself
obtained for his own use. He set up the grow up at Madame
Pilon's residence.

JCT: No matter how desperately she needed her medication, he
should have let her suffer until Health Canada processed her
permit.

[42] Dans les circonstances, le Tribunal estime quimposer un
casier judiciaire ` lun ou ` lautre leur nuirait et ne
desservirait pas les fins de la justice, en revanche,
prononcer une absolution inconditionnellement
diconsidirerait limage de la justice.

[42] In the circumstances, the Court considers that imposing
a criminal record to one of the other would be injurious and
would not serve the interests of justice, in opposition,
granting an unconditional discharge would harm the image of
justice.

[43] Cest ainsi quune peine doit jtre imposie tant ` Mme
Pilon qu` Monsieur Brunet pour dinoncer leur comportement
illigal, dissuader dautres personnes de suivre leur exemple
et ne pas nuire ` limage de la justice.

[43] Therefore, a sentence must be imposed on Madame Pilon
as well as on Mr. Brunet to condemn their illegal activity,
to dissuade others from following their example and not harm
the image of justice.

IV. DISPOSITIF

IV. DISPOSITION

[44] POUR TOUS CES MOTIFS:

[44] FOR ALL THESE REASONS:

[45] En ce qui concerne MADAME GISHLE PILON, LE TRIBUNAL :

[45] Concerning Madame Gisele Pilon, the Court:

[46] ABSOUT Madame Gishle Pilon aux conditions suivantes :
- Effectuer 100 heures de travaux communautaires dans un dilai de
12 mois ` compter du 15 octobre 2022 et respecter les modalitis
dexicution par un agent de probation ou tout autre intervenant
disigni par celui-ci;
- Se prisenter ` lagent dici au 15 octobre 2022;
- Verser la somme de 1 000 $, au Regroupement des maisons pour
femmes victimes de violence conjugale dici 12 mois, ` compter de ce
jour, le chhque devant jtre diposi au greffe de la Cour et libelli `
lordre du Ministhre des Finances;
- Signer sans dilai la prisente ordonnance.

[46] Absolves Madame Gisele Pilon upon the following
conditions:
- Perform 100 hours of community service in the 12 months
from October 15 2022 and obey the requirements of the
probation officer or other person designated by him;
- See the probation officer before October 15 2022;
- Contribute $1,000 to the Womens' Shelter within the next
12 months, the check being submitted to the clerk of the
Court made out to the Minister of Finance;
- Sign the present Order without delay.

[47] En ce qui concerne MONSIEUR RAYMOND BRUNET, LE TRIBUNAL :

[47] As to Mr. Raymong Brunet, the Court:

[48] ABSOUT Monsieur Raymond Brunet aux conditions
suivantes:
- Effectuer 200 heures de travaux communautaires dans un
dilai de 12 mois ` compter du 15 octobre 2022 et respecter
les modalitis dexicution par un agent de probation ou tout
autre intervenant disigni par celui-ci;
- Se prisenter ` lagent dici au 15 octobre 2022;
- Verser la somme de 2 000 $, au Regroupement des maisons
pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale dici 12 mois, `
compter de ce jour, le chhque devant jtre diposi au greffe
de la Cour et libelli ` lordre du Ministhre des Finances;
- Signer sans dilai la prisente ordonnance.

[48] Absolves Mr. Raymond Brunet upon the following
conditions:
- Perform 200 hours of community service in the 12 months
from October 15 2022 and obey the requirements of the
probation officer or other person designated by him;
- See the probation officer before October 15 2022;
- Contribute $2,000 to the Womens' Shelter within the next
12 months, the check being submitted to the clerk of the
Court made out to the Minister of Finance;
- Sign the present Order without delay.
___________________________
FRANCE CHARBONNEAU, J.C.S.

Gishle Pilon
Raymond Brunet
Accusis
Me Jennifer Morin
Substitut du procureur giniral
Dates de l'audience : 7 septembre 2022 et 27 septembre 2022

JCT: So Gisele established medical need 7 months before
Health Canada hopped-to-it to deliver her permit, she would
have never have been busted but for Health Canada delay in
processing her permit, and Judge Charbonneau smashes them
with the harshest sentence imaginable.

300 hours of community service is over 7 weeks of unpaid
work. As well as not returning their $20,000 in equipment,
she hits them with $3,000 in fines. Sure, she didn't give
them criminal records to cause them to lose their permits
but when the Crown told her they had not obeyed her order to
drop the seizure of the house until the community service
was done and the fines paid, she acquiesced. If the Crown
wasn't going to obey her order, what could she do? As if
having the Crown say "we're not obeying your order until we
feel like it" doesn't bring the administration of justice
into disrepute!

But despite the harshest most unjust sentence possible for
morally innocent accuseds, they are happy to come out of it
without a criminal record and no house seizure.

And Health Canada gets away with hurting another patient.

Nearing the end of the cannabis prohibition era and doesn't
Canadian Justice stink?

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