Actually, in the case of an accident involving death or bodily harm, when a party is found guilty of a hit and run, he's liable to a maximum jail sentence of five years but if he's drunk and stays there to help the injured, then he's liable to up to a maximum of 14 years.

Here are the ones we heard most often: the death penalty or a life term, which we didn't pass on because we found that was really very drastic; withdrawal of the driver's licence for life; lifetime withdrawal of the privilege to own any vehicle; withdrawal for life of the licence of anyone found guilty of a hit and run; zero per cent alcohol tolerance for any driver at the wheel; voluntary laying of information by any citizen against anyone drunk at the wheel of a vehicle; mandatory, permanent installation of a breath- analyzer in the vehicle of anyone caught impaired; year-long operation Red Nose; mandatory period of helping the ...[+++] handicapped in a rehabilitation centre for reckless drivers caught drinking and driving; increased police presence in rural areas; identification of the vehicle of anyone caught drinking and driving by putting a fluorescent sticker on the car licence which would allow police officers to supervise offenders more easily; use of the Denver boot to reduce storage costs; tiered penalties based on blood alcohol levels.

If I hit someone and flee the scene of the accident, I am guilty, under section 252(1), of fleeing the scene of an accident and I could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison.

I have two petitions in which the petitioners ask the government assembled in Parliament to vote in favour of Bill C-275, an act to amend the Criminal Code regarding failure to stop at the scene of an accident, which would make sentencing for hit-and-run drivers more severe.