As of today, Canadians will find it harder to get away with impaired driving
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New rules that increase penalties and expand police powers to demand breath samples take effect across Canada. Legislation, which passed in June at the same time as new rules for drug-impaired driving, is intended to curb injuries and death by helping police catch drivers with more than the legal limit of alcohol in their bloodstreams. It gives police officers the right to ask for a breath sample from any driver they lawfully stop, lowering the bar from the previous legislation, which required that an officer have reasonable suspicion that a person had been drinking.
Bill Blair is the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction and he discussed the changes to the law while speaking with Simi Sara earlier this month…
However, Minister Blair wants to make it clear that the police can’t stop ANYONE and test them for driving while under the influence…
Mandatory alcohol screening is currently in place in more than 40 countries, including Australia, France, Germany, Ireland and Sweden.
Acumen Law lawyer Kyla Lee spoke to Global News this morning about the changes to the drunk driving laws.
New rules that increase penalties and expand police powers to demand breath samples take effect across Canada. Legislation, which passed in June at the same time as new rules for drug-impaired driving, is intended to curb injuries and death by helping police catch drivers with more than the legal limit of alcohol in their bloodstreams. It gives police officers the right to ask for a breath sample from any driver they lawfully stop, lowering the bar from the previous legislation, which required that an officer have reasonable suspicion that a person had been drinking.
Bill Blair is the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction and he discussed the changes to the law while speaking with Simi Sara earlier this month…
However, Minister Blair wants to make it clear that the police can’t stop ANYONE and test them for driving while under the influence…
Mandatory alcohol screening is currently in place in more than 40 countries, including Australia, France, Germany, Ireland and Sweden.
Acumen Law lawyer Kyla Lee spoke to Global News this morning about the changes to the drunk driving laws.