Overview
- Superior Court Justice Éric Downs issued a 103-page ruling granting the Crown's request to designate Pierre Ny St‑Amand as high-risk.
- The decision upholds the constitutionality of the high-risk regime after a defence Charter challenge.
- The designation bars St‑Amand from leaving the psychiatric hospital except for medical needs or treatment purposes.
- Quebec's mental health review board faces tighter limits on modifying his conditions, which must be brought before the Superior Court.
- St‑Amand was found not criminally responsible in April 2025 for the Feb. 8, 2023 bus crash that killed two children and injured six others in Laval.