\u0022It\u0027s just a kick in the face to victims and to our family.\u0022
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Chouinard was charged by the RCMP with careless driving causing death and careless driving causing bodily harm. But because the crash occurred on an NCC parkway and on federal land, Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act does not apply. Instead, the charges were laid under the National Capital Commission Traffic and Property Regulations, part of the National Capital Act.
$500 and six months in jail. That’s the same penalty for any other offence on NCC land, including pitching a tent, riding bikes two abreast, using “blasphemous or indecent language”, or selling lemonade without a permit.Article content “So all he has to do is answer his phone or answer the door when someone comes to ask, ‘Are you home?’ a frustrated Andrews said after the sentencing. “He can even have whoever he wants come to visit.”
Witnesses saw him slumped over his wheel after the crash, then fainting two more times before emergency responders arrived. Weinstein also read aloud victim impact statements from Duane Edmunds’ father, Wayne, and his sisters, Cindy, Janet, Keri and Lori, who remembered Duane as a “genuinely beautiful man who tried to find beauty in everything.” He was a talented artist with a keen and mischievous sense of humour.Article content
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