In Canada, except in BC, courts have accepted that there are certain restrictions on the use of evidence that the police get by violating your rights. There is an understanding that, if the police violate your rights while forcing you to blow into a screener breathalyzer, the evidence won’t be used against you for the […]
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Good Canadians suffered, fought and died for our country and to protect us from living under governments that rule by force rather than accepting the rule of law. We admire their heroism and we are thankful for their sacrifice. And so we find it very offensive that our governments are simply derisive of our rights.
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We’ve never been certain that the IRP law would be struck down by our courts, but we’ve been fairly certain that by chipping away at the immediate roadside prohibition law we could cause the scheme to become irrelevant. So for us this has been our long-term strategy. And it’s working. When the IRP law came
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We have strong connections to Alberta so we’ve been closely watching the developments in the legal challenge to the Alberta DUI law that came into effect last year. The anniversary of the law is now less than a week away. The challenge to the law is now before the courts. We’re ready to make a
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It’s a bad system to be punishing people on the basis of roadside breath testers. That’s the message that we’ve been trying to get out ever since the Immediate Roadside Prohibition / IRP scheme was introduced. Last week it hit the newspapers that a huge number of the IRPs that were revoked in December 2012
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In May 2012 when the legislation was introduced we told you about the new traffic ticket process in BC and some of our concerns. We’re worried about it. It appears to us the BC Government is trying to legislate out your Charter Rights, remove your right to face your accuser, and take away their obligation
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We’re getting a reputation in British Columbia, but it isn’t for our mountains, our pipeline flip-flopping premier or our deflating real estate bubble. It turns out that we are now being viewed as The Land That Justice Forgot. The Immediate Roadside Prohibition scheme (IRP or ARP scheme – whatever you want to call it) is
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The chatter about the July 12 Sivia ruling is stepping up among the legal community. One of the issues that a number of people have pointed out is that those who took it upon themselves to challenge the law — an unlawful law, should be rewarded for their courage and compensated for their losses. They
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Criminal lawyer Paul Doroshenko discusses some of the shocking realities of the new driving laws in Alberta: This is the Alberta Government trying to bully people into an early guilty plea… Click here to watch the interview about the new Alberta DUI laws. (Link removed April 2015)
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Happy Canada Day everyone! Don’t start celebrating, however, because Governments are busy trying to take away your legal rights. As of today Alberta’s new DUI laws come into effect with respect to their new indefinite license suspension program. If you are in Alberta the punishment starts right away for those who are innocent as well
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A number of people are contacting us about their temporary drivers licenses that were issued because their IRP is either still in dispute, or a court order has stayed the prohibition. The temporary driver’s licenses expire at the end of this month. Knowing the work that must be done to further extend the licenses, we
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This is the day that Immediate Roadside Prohibitions for Fail (Fail IRPs) come back in BC. As of June 15, if you are stopped at the roadside for an impaired driving investigation, you will no longer have the right to talk to a lawyer. You will no longer see a remedy for any Charter breaches
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