Premier Ford wants to instate the measures as part of his crime bill which will be tabled later this month. <\/p>\n
The Ontario government is exploring the idea of making impaired drivers pay ongoing child support if they kill a child\u2019s parent or guardian. <\/p>\n
The move is being considered as part of a legislative package the government plans to introduce at Queen\u2019s Park in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n
Speaking during Question Period Tuesday, Attorney General Doug Downey said the loss of a parent can have far-reaching consequences for minor dependants. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe devastating impact reaches far beyond the immediate loss. It leaves a child struggling, both emotionally and financially,\u201d Downey said. <\/p>\n
He said that while family members are currently able to sue impaired drivers in civil court, that\u2019s not enough. <\/p>\n
\u201cAdditional measures such as requiring a convicted impaired driver to pay financial support would strengthen accountability and help ensure children receive meaningful support in the wake of such tragedies,\u201d Downey said. <\/p>\n
The new law would apply to impaired drivers, whether they were under the influence of alcohol or other substances. <\/p>\n
According to the province, there were 182 deaths caused by impaired driving on Ontario roads in 2021, including 96 drinking and driving deaths and 86 that were due to drugs. <\/p>\n
The government says the move could be similar to a 2023 Texas law that requires impaired drivers convicted of \u201cintoxication manslaughter\u201d to pay child support until a child turns 18 or graduates high school if their parent or guardian is killed by an impaired driver. <\/p>\n
Last year the province introduced a lifetime licence suspension for anyone convicted of impaired driving causing death under the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Premier Ford wants to instate the measures as part of his crime bill which will be tabled later…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":388302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4717,2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-388301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115572509720784983","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}