Mandatory Victim Surcharge Struck down as Cruel and Unusual Punishment
As per the Supreme Court of Canada in: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/17416/index.do The mandatory victim surcharge constitutes punishment, engaging s. 12 of the Charter , and its imposition and enforcement on several of the offenders, as well as the reasonable hypothetical offender, result in cruel and unusual punishment. The surcharge cannot be saved under s. 1 of the Charter . It is not necessary to consider whether s. 7 of the Charter is infringed.
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