Overview

• Victim impact statements were presented in court by families of the two children killed in the February 2023 daycare bus crash in Laval, Quebec.
• Pierre Ny St-Amand, the driver, was earlier found not criminally responsible due to psychosis at the time of the incident, which also injured six others.
• The victims were identified as four-year-old Jacob Gauthier and a five-year-old girl named Maëva, whose family name is protected by a publication ban.
• Prosecutors announced plans to seek a high-risk offender designation for St-Amand, which would impose stricter conditions and require Superior Court approval for tribunal decisions.
• The defence is expected to challenge the high-risk designation motion in upcoming legal proceedings.