Law360 Canada ( July 10, 2026, 11:37 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the Attorney General of Quebec from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal which declared the mandatory minimum sentence under s. 286.1(2) of the Criminal Code (Code) constitutionally invalid. During a police operation, whose purpose was to combat the sexual commodification of children, Denis believed he was communicating with an underage escort to obtain sexual services for consideration. The escort was an undercover police officer. He was convicted of the offence of obtaining sexual services for consideration from a person under the age of 18 years. At sentencing, Denis challenged the constitutional validity of the mandatory minimum sentence. The judge dismissed his motion. As the judge considered the six-month mandatory minimum sentence to be appropriate for Denis, she imposed it on him. Denis appealed his conviction and sentence. The majority of the Court of Appeal allowed in part the sentence appeal. Even though the minimum sentence was a fit one for Denis, it found that it would be grossly disproportionate if imposed on the hypothetical offender in one of the scenarios proposed by Denis (Scenario six). It affirmed Denis’ sentence but declared the mandatory minimum sentence invalid. The Attorney General of Quebec argued that the Court of Appeal erred by not letting the parties make additional submissions concerning the judgment R. v. Faroughi, in finding that the proposed scenario by Denis was reasonably foreseeable and in finding that the sentence would be grossly disproportionate in the case of the proposed offender. Denis submitted that the Court of Appeal made no errors....