Ex-Laval mayor Vaillancourt sentenced to six years for corruption gets day parole
MONTREAL — The former mayor of Quebec’s third-largest city who was sentenced to six years in prison last December after pleading guilty to conspiracy, fraud and breach of trust has been granted day parole.
A Parole Board of Canada document dated Nov. 16 says Gilles Vaillancourt’s request for day parole was granted after the board concluded it was unlikely he would commit a violent act if released.
The parole board noted Vaillancourt’s behaviour in prison was satisfactory and that he didn’t pose a threat to society.
Vaillancourt, 76, who was Laval mayor between 1989 and 2012, was among 37 people originally arrested in May 2013 by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit.