Keeping Up Is Hard to Do:
A Trial Judge’s Reading Blog

SENTENCING-PARITY

R. v. Jimmy, 2023 SKCA 28, March 1, 2023, at paragraphs 53 to 55: Parity does not mean uniformity in sentencing. It does not shift the court’s focus away from

SENTENCING-INDIGENOUS OFFENDERS

R. v. Jimmy, 2023 SKCA 28 March 1, 2023, at paragraphs 22 to 25 and 29: In light of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Gladue and R v Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13, [2012] 1

TOTALITY

R. v. McKnight, 2023 ABCA 72, March 1, 2023, at paragraph 35: Where consecutive sentences are imposed, the trial judge is obliged to look at the total sentence to ensure