Mr. Speaker, I draw to the attention of the House the serious issue of impaired driving.
In 1994, 1,414 people were killed as a result of impaired driving, three times the number of murders.
Those who end up killing someone while impaired routinely are given excessive light sentences, generally between one and four years.
This morning I introduced a private members' bill which would see a minimum of seven years imposed on those convicted of impaired driving causing death. Those who drive impaired must be held responsible for their actions. They choose to be impaired, they choose to drive. We are all potential victims and we must do everything we can to deter impaired driving and keep impaired drivers off our streets.