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“I was at a very bad time in my life,” Gingras told Ontario Court Justice Randall Lalande via audiolink just before receiving the two penalties Tuesday. “I was abusing alcohol and making a lot of bad choices financially and mentally.
‘When this happened, it put me at a crossroads and I decided I would be a better person.”
“Make sure you become a bit of an ambassador for others in the future,” Justice Lalande told Gingras. “I am confident you will not make this same mistake in the future.”