Supreme Court of Canada to rule on sentencing for Quebec City mosque shooter

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is slated to rule this morning on the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. 

The high court decision in Alexandre Bissonnette’s case will determine the constitutionality of a key provision on parole eligibility in multiple murder convictions. 

Bissonnette pleaded guilty to six charges of first-degree murder in the January 2017 assault that took place just after evening prayers. 

In 2019, Bissonnette successfully challenged a 2011 law that allowed a court, in the event of multiple murders, to impose a life sentence and parole ineligibility periods of 25 years to be served consecutively for each murder.