e-1327 (Impaired driving)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Justice
- On average between 1,200 to 1,500 people each year are killed by impaired drivers;
- Tens of thousands of people each year are injured by impaired drivers;
- Impaired driving is the leading criminal cause of death;
- Impaired driving is a serious criminal behaviour that has resulted in carnage on Canada's roads;
- Impaired driving sentences are far too lenient;
- Denunciation, deterrence, and the promotion of responsibility are sentencing principles under the Criminal Code;
- Lenient sentences routinely given to impaired drivers is fundamentally unjust to the many victims of impaired driving and does not fit the seriousness of the offence;
- Bill C-46 does not include meaningful minimum penalties for impaired driving offences;
- Minimum penalties are consistent with sentencing principles under the Criminal Code;
- Minimum penalties will help ensure that impaired drivers are held accountable for the seriousness of the crime of driving while impaired; and
- Bill C-46 does not strengthen penalties for the most serious impaired driving offence; impaired driving causing death.
- Open for signature
- October 23, 2017, at 2:40 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- February 20, 2018, at 2:40 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Michael Cooper
(St. Albert—Edmonton)
April 26, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02271) - Government response tabled
- June 5, 2018
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 2253 |
British Columbia | 1099 |
Manitoba | 77 |
New Brunswick | 49 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 25 |
Northwest Territories | 12 |
Nova Scotia | 32 |
Nunavut | 3 |
Ontario | 573 |
Prince Edward Island | 2 |
Quebec | 175 |
Saskatchewan | 131 |
Yukon | 4 |