Fed Issue #90 - DUI while sitting on the couch? Possible now!

[mosquito]

Police in Canada can now demand breath samples in bars, at home



https://globalnews.ca/news/4832762/i...reath-samples/
It may sound unbelievable, but Canada’s revised laws on impaired driving could see police demand breath samples from people in bars, restaurants, or even at home. And if you say no, you could be arrested, face a criminal record, ordered to pay a fine, and subjected to a driving suspension.

You could be in violation of the impaired driving laws even two hours after you’ve been driving. Now, the onus is on drivers to prove they weren’t impaired when they were on the road.

“It’s ridiculous, it’s basically criminalizing you having a drink at your kitchen table,” Paul Doroshenko, a Vancouver criminal defence lawyer who specializes in impaired driving cases, told Global News.
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While many Canadians have heard about that part of the new legislation, lawyers said the two-hour provision has gone unreported.



Seems the media didn't report the 2 hour provision... wonder if it had anything to do with a half billion paid out to the media.... things that make you go hmmmm..

[rick_iles]

That won’t survive the first court challenge, nor should it !!!

[delmer]

Just read an article on this and couldn't believe the freedom it gives to lay impaired charges. Also read about a senior stopped after returning some empties to the beer store and asked to blow. Cop said the three cases of empties he saw being returned seemed excessive and could indicate an impaired driver. The old guy was sober as a judge and released after blowing.

[MarkB]

It's a joke. And it's because we have some law makers who do not respect the Charter at all. They want to steam roll over it, pass these bills without due process, and try and market themselves as heroes on the back of a principle that most people won't want to argue. Yes, we want to keep impaired individuals off the road, BUT no we don't want to harass people unnecessarily and even more importantly give the system an avenue to charge and convict people who are innocent. And this language will likely result in that, an innocent person being charged ...

So, now they don't need a warrant to enter your own house, AND you are GUILTY until proven innocent ... it's just plain stupidity and lawmakers should be ashamed of this poorly thought out bill.

[rick_iles]

It's a joke. And it's because we have some law makers who do not respect the Charter at all. They want to steam roll over it, pass these bills without due process, and try and market themselves as heroes on the back of a principle that most people won't want to argue. Yes, we want to keep impaired individuals off the road, BUT no we don't want to harass people unnecessarily and even more importantly give the system an avenue to charge and convict people who are innocent. And this language will likely result in that, an innocent person being charged ...

So, now they don't need a warrant to enter your own house, AND you are GUILTY until proven innocent ... it's just plain stupidity and lawmakers should be ashamed of this poorly thought out bill.

The police still need a warrant to enter your residence....

[TurkeyObsessed]

If they show up at your house, just don't answer the door.

[dean.f]

If they show up at your house, just don't answer the door.

My thoughts exactly.