This is a tragedy! However, I do not feel that more jail time is
necessarily the most appropriate and effective way of dealing this this
situation...we need better "up stream" thinking! If you were to ask people
as to what amount of jail time is sufficient, every person would have a
different answer, as I feel you can not put a time value on the loss of
another person's life. It is sad to see that this particular offender (and
many others) has gotten this far without help! There are abviously
underlying issues for this offender and help should have been provided at an
earlier stage. With this I am unaware of Ontario's laws for first time,
second time, etc offences for driving under the influence. As well, what
kind of support and counselling is being provided for these parents,
families, and friends of the "victims"? Our system focuses so much on
justice and dare I say people focus on "revenge" at times...is this our
solution!!! More jail time will not signifficantly stop these offenses from
occuring, we need to stop the problem before it starts. My intentions are
not to offend Ray and Georgina Trudeau and my greatest sympathy goes out to
them both.
Crystal
Crystal Duchcherer, RN, BSN
Needs Assessment Coordinator, Public Health
Sun Country Health Region
(306) 842.8699 Phone
(306) 842.8637 Fax
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-----Original Message-----
From: Beattie, Tanya [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: October 4, 2004 9:39 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Petition Request
Good morning,
I am forwarding this message on behalf of Ray and Georgina Trudeau. Please
take a moment to read and consider their request.
Thank you.
Tanya Beattie
Tanya Beattie, BScH
Public Health Promoter
KFL&A Health Unit
Greater Kingston Area Safe & Sober Community Alliance
221 Portsmouth Ave
Kingston, Ontario K7M 1V5
Phone: (613) 549-1232 ext 293
Fax: (613) 549-7896
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-----Original Message-----
From: r trudeau [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: October 3, 2004 4:23 PM
To: ann mcintosh; Aaron & Angela Bucci; Brent Beardsley; Dobbin, Tracy
(JUS); [log in to unmask]; Gail Ows; peter and barbara; Chenier, Justin;
Natalia DeFreitas; Susan; [log in to unmask]; :P Way To Much Attitude Fer U To
Handel :P I (L)B...its totally on matt!; y2k1100xx
Subject: petition
We are Ray and Georgina Trudeau. We live in Kingston Ont. On Oct 04/03, we
lost our oldest son Andrew to a drunk driver. Three of Andrew's friends were
seriously injured. It was this man's fourth offence! We are trying to
compile a list of signatures to send to our government to get to change our
laws so this tragedy will not have to happen to another family. Jamie
Corrigan, (the offender) received a 5 year sentence less double time served
for pre-trial custody, plus 3 years each for Andrew's friends to be served
concurrently,(which means no additional time). With parole, Corrigan will
actually only serve about 18 months behind bars! Please help us to try to
convince our politicians to increase the minimum sentences for impaired
driving causing death. Please feel free to enter your opinion as to what you
feel the penalty should be. It will take a strong voice to accomplish this,
but together WE CAN! Please forward this to as many people as possible and
return to rtrudeau@ki! ngston.net . Thank-you
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