e-723 (Impaired driving)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-7-20 Government Response to petitions concerning impaired driving
- Impaired driving
- Mandatory sentencing
- Vehicular homicide
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- Current sentencing guidelines established under section 255 of the Criminal Code of Canada do not appear to be a deterrent for repeat offenders of impaired driving;
- Judges have stated in court their hands are tied by sentencing guidelines;
- The number of victims injured or killed in an accident caused by or involving an impaired driver have no affect on the sentence;
- Suspending driving privileges appears not to be a deterrent for repeat offenders; and
- There are established minimum sentences for impaired driving offences under section 255(1) but no established minimum sentence for impaired driving offences under sections 255(2) and 255(3).
- Open for signature
- January 10, 2017, at 4:10 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 10, 2017, at 4:10 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Matt DeCourcey
(Fredericton)
June 19, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01549) - Government response tabled
- September 18, 2017