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Manery told the judge that Millar’s crimes were insidious, dishonest and motivated by a desire for profit.

“It’s a greedy offence,” she said.

Manery noted that in addition to Porisky, there had been 31 educators or students in the group across Canada who had previously been convicted and sentenced.

Millar continued perpetrating his fraud despite knowing that Paradigm was being pursued by the Canada Revenue Agency, had made no expressions of remorse and had not acknowledged his responsibility in any way, said the prosecutor.

Millar, who had no lawyer and was representing himself in court, said he was concerned that the Crown was wrongly linking him to Paradigm and Porisky as if they were “all the same,” calling it a “gross overstatement.”

He took issue with the prosecutor’s assertion that he was acting as Porisky’s surrogate and began to make submissions regarding the theory espoused by the Paradigm “educators.”

But the judge told him that it didn’t sound like he agreed with the convictions and pointed out that he had lost in court.

“What do you say is the proper sentence for your crimes,” the judge asked.

“We’re not there yet,” replied Millar.

When the judge reminded him that the prosecutor was seeking a 3 1/2 year sentence, he replied:

“I don’t believe any sentence is proper.”

Before the sentencing hearing, Millar applied for an adjournment on the grounds that he had filed a petition in court that needed to he heard before he could be sentenced.

But the judge, noting that there had already been one adjournment, said there was no good reason for further delays and dismissed his application.

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