Balcaen bill for drunk-driving victims passes
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WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Legislature unanimously passed a Progressive Conservative private member’s bill Thursday meant to commemorate the victims of drunk driving in the province.
Brandon West MLA Wayne Balcaen, who is the party’s justice critic, introduced Bill 232, the Victims of Impaired Drivers Commemoration Day Act, in remembrance of the 2022 death of Jordyn Reimer and all other impaired driving victims.
The bill will proclaim May 1 as a memorial day for impaired driving victims. The PCs said no other Canadian jurisdiction has such a commemoration day.
Brandon West MLA Wayne Balcaen introduced Bill 232, the Victims of Impaired Drivers Commemoration Day Act, in remembrance of the 2022 death of Jordyn Reimer and all other impaired-driving victims.
Reimer, 22, was killed by drunk driver Tyler Scott Goodman early on May 1, 2022 in a high-speed wreck on a quiet Transcona street, blocks from her home. She was acting as a designated driver for loved ones that night. Goodman later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
“I welcome the all-party support for this private member’s bill,” said Balcaen, a former Brandon police chief.
“It will bring a measure of comfort to the Reimer family, who have suffered greatly during this process. The family has been at the Manitoba Legislative Building for each step of the legislative process, and I applaud and welcome their unwavering courage and support.”
Balcaen said the Reimer family had 100 victim impact statements read in court.
“The lives that are impacted when there is a death in the community go far beyond the victims and their immediate families,” he said.
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