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Exeter Times -,Advocate
Business
Wednesday, January 6, 1999
The Exeter . Times
Advocate surveyed
prominent mem-
bers in our commu-
nity asking for
their forecast of
1999. Will it be a
year of develop-
ment, change or
chanllenges? Or
will it be a year of
cutbacks, hard
decisions or hard
work?
ORGANIZATION
Robert
Drummond
Councillor, Town
of Exeter
"99 WILL BE A
YEAR OF:
Change (sound
like a record?)
WHY?: The com-
ing years chal-
lenges and how to
meet them: The
continued efforts of
Provincial down-
loading means we
will continue to
need a sharp pen-
cil. We are again
talking with our
g,hbours about
:algamation
(third time lucky?).
For a successful
merger we must
think of all our
ratepayers and do
what is best for all.
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New measures target drinking drivers
The problem
In 1996, about one-
quarter of road fatalities
in Ontario involved a
drinking driver. In addi-
tion to loss of life, drinking
drivers cost the province
about $2 billion a year for
hospital stays, rehabilita-
tion and pain and suffer-
ing.
While the total number
of alcohol-related suspen-
sions has decreased from
about 30,000 in the late
1980s to less than 20,000
in 1996, the proportion of
suspensions issued to
repeat offenders has risen
considerably. For exam-
ple, in 1988, 53 per cent
of suspensions were
issued to repeat offenders.
By 1996, this number had
risen to about 71 per cent.
The solution
Effective September 30,
1998, offenders will face a
mandatory remedial mea-
sures program and con-
victions will stay on a dri-
ver's record for 10 years -
up from the current five-
year period. Repeat
offenders will also receive
increased suspension peri-
ods. These measures orig-
inated in Ontario's Road
Safety Plan and received
Royal Assent in July 1997
as part of Bill 138, the
Comprehensive Road
,Safety Act, 1997. They
include:
Remedial measures pro-
gram - The Ministry of
Transportation and the
Ministry of Health have
launched a joint program
aimed at first-time and
repeat offenders. First-
time offenders convicted
of a drinking and driving
offence must successfully
complete an education
program at one of the cen-
tres across Ontario. The
education program runs
.for eight hours and the
treatment program covers
a 16 -hour period. The
offender pays the $475
cost of the program, not
the taxpayer.
If a service provider
observes symptoms possi-
bly related to alcohol
dependency during the
course of the remedial
program, the provider can
recommend to MTO that
the offender submit a sat-
isfactory medical report
prior to licence reinstate-
ment.
Repeat offenders must
undergo a mandatory
assessment to determine if
that person would benefit
more from an education
or a treatment program.
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all offenders, including
first-time offenders, will
undergo assessment to
determine whether they
should be attending an
education or treatment
program.
Enforcement of
impaired driving laws
in Ontario
Drinking and driving is a
serious criminal offence
and, in Ontario, more
court resources are devot-
ed to drinking driving
charges than to any other
type of offence.
Resourcing levels
In 1997A8, spending on
the Criminal Law Division
reached the highest level
of the last decade. For the
current fiscal year, the.
government has commit-
ted $89.4 million, the
highest level of funding
ever and the number of
Crown attorneys is cur-
rently 537, also the high-
est number ever.
Crown policy on
prosecuting drinking
driving charges
The Ministry of the
Attorney General aggres-
sively prosecutes drunk
driving charges. If there is
evidence to support an
impaired driving charge,
the Crown will not substi-
tute a lesser char a for
the charge as laid.1
attorneys are explicitly
instructed not to withdraw
drinking and driving
charges in exchange for
guilty pleas to charges
such as careless driving.
Also, Crowns do not with-
draw drinking and driving
charges to deal with court
pressures. According to a
,recent survey of police
officers conducted for the
Canadian Association of
Chiefs of Police, almost 90
per cent of persons
charged with drinking and
driving offences in Ontario
lire convicted. The min-
istry is currently wog
to make the prosecti'Ifon
process even more effi-
cient.
As a result of the new
anti -drinking and driving
measures being imple-
mented under the
Comprehensive Road
Safety Act, the Ministry of
the Attorney General will
hire 12 new judges, 22
additional assistant crown
attorneys and approxi-
mately 40 other staff.
These new staff will be
assigned to those court
centres that have been
identified as having the
greatest need for addition-
al resources. A monitoring
system will be established
to ensure that these
resources are sufficient to
provide for timely prose-
cutions.
Crown education
and training..
The Ministry of the
Attorney General is com-
mitted to -providing ongo-
ing tr .' ng for Crowns in
the prosecution of drink
ing and driving offences.
Government
committed to safe
communities
This tough new
approach to impaired dri-
ving is part of the govern-
ment's commitment to
creating safer. communi-
ties and improving the
criminal justice system
through prosecuting,
crime, preserving public
order and safety and sup-
porting victims of crime.
For more information
please visit the Ministry of
Transportation's website
at -
www.mto.gov.on.ca/eng-
lish/safety.
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