Dangerous driving penalties are set to soon be strengthened in Ontario, as the government has tabled a bill in honour of a father of three who was killed by an alleged dangerous driver.
Andrew Cristillo, 35, was killed Aug. 3 in a head-on crash in Whitchurch-Stouffville that also left his wife and their three young daughters injured. The man charged with dangerous driving causing death in that crash, then 18 years old, was already facing another dangerous driving charge from an incident involving Premier Doug Ford months earlier.
Cristillo's brother has been pushing for a law to enact roadside suspensions for dangerous driving charges and lifetime driving bans in extreme cases and found the Ford government to be receptive, with the measures included in an omnibus justice bill introduced Tuesday.