Supreme Court Voids Driving Ban for Saskatchewan Man in Fatal Crash

The court ruled that driving prohibitions cannot be imposed for criminal negligence causing death due to a legislative oversight.

Braydon Wolfe was convicted of criminal negligence causing death after a 2017 crash that killed two people near Langham, Saskatchewan.
Wolfe was initially sentenced to six years in prison and a ten-year driving ban, which the Supreme Court has now overturned.
The ruling was based on a 2018 amendment to the Criminal Code that inadvertently excluded criminal negligence from offences eligible for driving bans.
Dissenting justices criticized the decision, citing an 'absurd consequence' where lesser offences can receive driving bans but not more serious ones.
Legal experts anticipate that Parliament will amend the law to correct this oversight and restore judicial discretion for such cases.