...sadly, too often the adult survivor of sexual abuse as a child is perceived as an adult victim even if the act was committed against them when he or she was a minor. And how a man who has been convicted of multiple offenses as a sexual predator could have received a pardon is beyond the pale, especially since the government didn't find out from the parole board until 2010...three years after the pardon was issued.

His dispassionate 'apology' demonstrates to me that he is unrepentant, and will likely re-offend if given the chance, regardless of the restrictions placed on him subsequent to his eventual release. And ecause of how his sentence is structured under law, he could be released from prison as early as this fall. Unfortunately, sentences like this will continue to be handed out in various jurisdictions in Canada and the United States until laws are changed.