Order of Canada Revoked for Stephen Fonyo
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If you are going to use "breaking the countrys laws" as a criteria for removing members, then I suggest you are on a pretty slippery slope. There would probably be virtually no one left in the order. So obviously someone is going to have to decide which laws and how many times. Do we have a genius who is able to do that fairly? Fonyo's transgression were (relatively speaking fairly minor) Assault probably was the most serious, but even at that I'd want to hear the circumstances & if there were mitigating factors. What about Mulroney? I don't think the surface has even been scratched re his dealings with Heinz the Kraut.
So you feel repeated DUI offenses are minor? I've seen the results of DUI. I've also seen the book thrown at MOST people over a single DUI offense... jobs nearly lost, lawyers costs crippling, a year of court monitored driving. The fact that he's committed this felony offence so many times is telling.
Come on now guys. There's a difference between a fine and jail time.
If you want to pretend you don't know what I'm talking about, swing away.
According to what we've been seeing in Toronto, jaywalking is getting pretty deadly. Toronto is on a crackdown on that one, due to the high number of fatalities recently. It's not a felony, but it's deadly. Should that be included in the list of reasons for revoking this honour?
Bingo and one more thing speeding has caused far more damage and mayhem than impaired driving not that either one of them is excusable.
I'd stick to jailable offenses, such as felonies like DUI, or crimes like assault with a weapon. Embezzlement. You know... the kind of **** that undercuts our country, not helps it.
I'd also stick to the way they do it now of councils that look over each case. I'd just be damn quicker about it than they are.
Come on now Karrie - it's not a matter of knowing what one is talking about...it's all just a matter of opinion.
Yes, and I wouldn't suspect any one of the honourable members has ever been guilty of taking on a cell phone while driving (Just as deadly as impaired driving according to the authorities)
I'm just going to go back and bump this one, since these points keep getting skipped over, and light keeps being made of the felony charges Fonyo's been convicted of.
Good bump:canada:
Fukk Fonyo. There is a country, forget which one, in which DUI's are summarily executed. A bit harsh, but just a bit. They'd do severe jail time and NEVER drive again on my watch. If'n I was in charge. Which I ain't. Lucky drunks.
The felony charges are a separate issue, we've already established that in that the arch felon (Mr. Suit and tie Black) still has his.
That would be El Salvador (they don't have a great sense of humour down there). I guess you would give serious jail time for talking on cell phones while driving and never let THEM drive again either. I have nothing against anyone's opinion as long as there is consistency.
Absolutely right Karrie, and I'm sure that in Fonyo's case it wasn't an instant decision to revoke his membership. It wasn't as if there was only the one charge on his record. There were many, any one of which could have sent him to jail, and that is where he is right now.