A sentence of four years imprisonment with parole eligibility after 16 months is within the sentencing discretion for commercial cannabis trafficking involving approximately 19 pounds of cannabis (nine pounds sold plus ten pounds awaiting sale), even where there is a three-and-a-half-year delay between charge and sentence during which the offender has not re-offended. Stating a notional pre-discount sentence is 'unconventional' but does not vitiate the sentence if the final sentence is within range.
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