Indian man in Canada who tried paying for s*x from a 15-year-old gets a conditional discharge simply because he's an immigrant and a conviction would "delay his citizenship." Utter insanity. Canada is a joke. According to Justice Paul Thomas O’Marra, treating 30-year-old Akashkumar Khant like a Canadian citizen is unfair because the conviction would unfairly impact his life. "Mr. Khant is a permanent resident seeking Canadian citizenship and professional licensing," said O’Marra. "A conviction would not only delay his citizenship by four years but could also prevent him from sponsoring his wife and obtaining his engineering licence." "These immigration and professional consequences are far more severe than those faced by (an offender in a similar previous case), who was a Canadian citizen with no such vulnerabilities." "Courts have recognized that such consequences can justify a more lenient sentence, including a discharge." "A conviction would lead to severe collateral consequences, such as jeopardizing his immigration status, delaying his citizenship, and preventing him from sponsoring his wife, which would likely result in their separation." "These consequences would be disproportionate to the offence and would undermine his rehabilitative progress."