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Sid Sorenson is not entirely happy with a recent provincial government directive urging Crown prosecutors to apply for forfeiture of the vehicles of repeat drunk drivers.
“I don’t think it’s enough,” the Prince Albert resident said.
“Incarceration, I believe, would scare people.”
Sorenson’s 15-year-old daughter Kimberley was killed July 28, 2002 after the car in which she was riding was hit by a female drunk driver who, said Sorenson, was a repeat drunk-driving offender.
The woman was sentenced to two and a half years. She served 51 days, and then went to a sweat lodge.
“Two and a half years is a holiday for taking a life,” said Sorenson, adding he would like to see the current legislation more strictly enforced.
“This was the perfect case for a stiff, hard sentence.”
The directive urges Crown prosecutors to proceed by way of indictment, and on conviction apply for forfeiture of the vehicle, where the Criminal Code of Canada permits in the following circumstances:
•if the offender has two or more convictions for impaired driving within two years of the date of the current offense
•if the offender does not have a previous impaired driving conviction within two years of the date of the current offense but has three or more impaired driving convictions within four years; or
•if the offender has a prior conviction for impaired driving within two years of the date of the current offence plus two or more impaired driving convictions within four years.
Justice Minister Don Morgan said what he heard on the campaign trail this fall provided incentive for the move.
“We had a number of people who had lost a family member or a friend through impaired driving,” said Morgan.
Morgan said seized vehicles would be sold and, although a decision has not yet been made where the money would go, “we would want to target (the money) towards victims or education programs.”
Morgan called the initiative “one more tool” for police and Crown prosecutors to use to help stop repeat drunk drivers.
“We’re hoping that the threat of (forfeiture) will be sufficient (to stop people).”
Prince Albert Northcote MLA Darcy Furber said he supports laws designed to cut down on the frequency of drinking and driving but would like to see treatment made more available for those with multiple offences.