If it's a listed offence, if a serious injury occurs from the impaired driving, you would start, as a judge, from the assumption that a conditional sentence is not appropriate. You would look at the specific circumstances of the offender and the way the offence happened. If there were special circumstances in that case, and if the offender would not pose a danger to the community, you could, in your discretion, exercise a conditional sentence.
On October 2nd, 2006. See this statement in context.