Mr. Leo Lieghio:

As the assistant commissioner said, deterrents are important. I drove a taxi for 20 years, and in that time I saw the disrespect there is for the law. I was stopped about five times to be breathalysed. There is an impression that one is not going to get caught. I back everything Mr. Wilson and Ms Price have said. I have campaigned for vehicular manslaughter to be brought in since Marsia died 12 years ago. I would also like to see the confiscation of cars, especially from repeat offenders. I find that this would have a huge impact on people, especially young people, if they thought their car would be taken off them for drink-driving or speeding. If there are advertisements on a television that a person will have his or her car taken, I guarantee that it will cause a cut in road deaths.

If one uses Google to search for drink-driving, the first thing listed is a solicitor advertising an 80% success rate in getting people off charges. Such things should not be allowed either. The Members of this House have the power to do something to save lives in this country and to save other families from going through what we went through. Justice for our families is long gone now. We will never get justice. We are not looking for revenge. Do Members want to wait for that knock to come on their door or a phone call to tell them that a child or family member has been killed? In this day and age, there is no excuse whatsoever for drink-driving or driving while impaired. The warnings are all there.

I know zero tolerance for drink-driving is going to be difficult to achieve, but the proposal of the Minister, Deputy Ross, is not to reduce the limit, just toughen the penalty. I beseech the Members of this House to act on this, support the measure completely, and toughen the sentences. The consequences are drastic.