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The trial judge, who rejected a joint submission of the parties, committed an error in principle by failing to consider all the relevant factors in his analysis of the public interest test; the appeal should therefore be allowed and the joint submission, which took into account the situation of the accused, an Inuk woman from Nunavik who was 7 months pregnant at the time, should be implemented.
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Nowkawalk v. R.
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