Negotiating Sentences

This chapter is admittedly not intended to be a treatise. It is primarily intended to highlight practical issues associated with negotiating sentences for environmental offences as a discussion guide for this broad topic among program attendees. The ancillary purposes are to assist practitioners in preparing for this process, and to provide a glimpse into the perspective of prosecutors in approaching particular cases. In Nova Scotia, by operation of our provincial Summary Proceedings Act, the provisions of the Criminal Code apply to the prosecution of all provincial regulatory statutes. Specifically, the sentencing factors/considerations set out in sections 718, 718.1 and 718.2