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One of the proposed changes in ICBC’s recent survey could cost BC drivers who have not even been involved in an accident. ICBC claims it wants to make auto insurance rates fairer, but it could result in BC drivers paying even more — especially as ICBC tries to recover from its financial crisis. [pullquote]If you

Once again the Canadian Government is changing firearms laws. It’s hard to think of any area of federal jurisdiction where we see more dramatic swings in policy and legislation than at the federal level when it comes to firearms. When the Liberals are in power, we see the tightening of firearms laws. The Liberals introduced

  On March 1, 2018, lawyers from Acumen Law Corporation were in Ottawa presenting to the Canadian Senate on Bill C-46, an act that makes sweeping changes to the way impaired driving allegations will be prosecuted in Canada. Among these changes include baseline THC limits for cannabis impaired driving, set so low that frequent users

A police officer has just stopped you for suspected marijuana–impaired driving. Perhaps the officer was tipped off by how you’re driving, or you had the windows rolled down and they smelled a whiff of pot. Either way, you’re now pulled over. What is likely to happen is the officer is going to then question you. They’ll ask

In law, sometimes you’ll see cases where it seems almost baffling that a driver was punished for what seems like a very minor offence, or a mistaken case of a crime altogether. In our view, nowhere is this more evident than in the enforcement of BC’s legislation prohibiting the use of electronic devices while driving.

Distracted driving. Sometimes it seems that’s all we ever hear about these days from police, government and ICBC. We are told that there are thousands of drivers out there ripping around with their heads firmly buried in the electronic devices on their laps, causing chaos and countless injuries and deaths wherever they strike.  …deaths involving