Premier meets with mother of boy killed on patio

The mother of a two-yearold killed last week when an alleged drunk driver crashed through a restaurant patio had a “mother-to-mother” meeting with Premier Alison Redford at the Progressive Conservative policy convention Saturday.

Sage Morin’s son Geo Mounsef died Sunday after an SUV rammed through the glass partition on the patio at Terwillegar Ric’s Grill, pinning the boy against the wall. Since her son’s death, Morin has been vocal in her criticism of Canada’s drunk driving laws, lashing out at the court system and the man accused in Geo’s death.

Richard Suter, 62, is charged with several impaired drivingrelated charges in connection with the death. He was granted bail Friday in front of a courtroom packed with the boy’s family and their supporters.

Decorated with red balloons, about 30 cars in a Justice for Geo drive-athon pulled up to the Radisson Hotel Saturday, honking their horns outside the building where PCs were gathered for a policy conference.

Morin, wearing a red Mother’s Against Drunk Driving ribbon, met privately with Redford. Reading from a prepared statement later, Morin said she wants tougher sentencing in drunk driving cases, including a mandatory minimum sentence in cases of impaired driving causing death.

“Families who have been torn apart by another person’s selfish choice should at least be able to rest assured the person responsible (for) killing their loved one will be held accountable to the furthest extent of the law,” she said.

Morin said she showed Redford photos of her son, even emailing one at the premier’s request. The two spoke “mother to mother” about the possibility of establishing tougher penalties for drunk driving.

“I met with a strong and brave Sage Morin today. I know the entire province is feeling her loss,” Redford posted on Twitter after the meeting.

Neala Barton, the premier’s spokeswoman, said Redford didn’t make any firm policy promises but did commit to further talks with Morin.