Bottoms up Alberta, you could be in for one heck of a courtroom clash.
That’s the warning from B.C. lawyers who say new impaired driving legislation due to begin implementation here in one month may actually inhibit civil rights more than widely challenged laws in their own province.
“This whole thing is deeply disturbing,” said Paul Doroshenko, a veteran Vancouver lawyer who hails originally from Edmonton. “Any smart judge watching this in Alberta is going to notice the exact same thing.”