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Feds introduce cannabis legislation, overhaul of drunk driving laws

Thursday, April 13, 2017 @ 3:45 PM | By Cristin Schmitz

In a surprise move expected to spark Charter challenges, the Liberal government has used the cannabis legislation it introduced today to propose a major overhaul of the country’s drunk driving laws, as well as creating new drug-impaired driving offences.

Jody Wilson-RaybouldBill 46, introduced in the Commons on April 13 by Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, creates three new drug-impaired driving offences for having specified levels of a drug in the bloodstream within two hours of driving, and it also empowers police to demand that a driver provide...

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