Whether it’s more of a symbolic gesture or not remains to be seen. The people who are pressing for tougher drunk driving laws are hoping not.
The Harper Government has introduced a bill to increase the penalties for impaired driving but there’s not enough time left to actually pass anything.
Sue Dale of Families for Justice, representing those who have lost loved ones to drunk drivers, says they played a part in what’s being proposed.
It will be up to whichever party that forms the next federal government to move forward.
The legislation would impose a minimum of 6 years in prison for anyone convicted of impaired driving causing death.
