Canada’s new impaired driving laws, which allow cops to pull over Canadians and demand breath samples for no reason, kick in today.
Under Bill C-46, the federal government granted police officers a swath of new powers purportedly to cut down on drug and alcohol-impaired driving. However, the new laws have been criticized by lawyers who believe some of them are unconstitutional and overly broad.
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“How many people are going to refuse to blow because they don’t think they should be asked to blow for no reason? A lot of those people are going to get criminal record and be completely sober at the time that they were dealing with police,” lawyer Kyla Lee, who specializes in impaired driving cases, told VICE. “It’s a law that I think is designed to punish the innocent.” She said she is planning to launch a constitutional challenge of this law as soon as she gets an opportunity.
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