This was recently, bravely highlighted by now-retired judge Paul Bychok who, last June, presided over R v T.T. in the Nunavut Court of Justice. T.T. — an Indigenous heavy equipment operator with a self-acknowledged “good life” — was charged with assault, sexual assault and voyeurism against his own daughters. He had nine prior convictions for violent crimes, including two for sexual assault, six for assault and one for sexual interference of a minor.






