A Quebec judge did not breach ethics when he handed down a conditional discharge to a man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism, the province’s judicial council ruled Wednesday.
Quebec court Judge Matthieu Poliquin's June decision to grant Simon Houle probation and a conditional discharge, in part because a conviction would have made it hard for him to travel for his job as an engineer, has caused an uproar in the province.
Quebec s prosecution office says a judge relied on "stereotypes" and used a man s inebriated state to excuse him for sexually assaulting a woman when he spared him from jail time in a sentencing decision last month.
MONTREAL - The Quebec judicial council will examine a complaint regarding a judge who granted a conditional discharge to a young engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism stemming from a 2019 event.