Mr. Gauvreau was initially sentenced to nine months jail when he pleaded guilty to one charge of impaired causing bodily harm (to his four passengers). The Crown's appeal of that sentence was allowed and the sentence was increased to fifteen months:
This is a serious offence for which the principle objective of sentencing is denunciation and deterrence, and in particular, the deterrence of others who drink and get behind the wheel of a vehicle putting many lives in danger. R. v. Gauvreau, 2017 ABCA 74