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Advocacy groups contest Canada’s new impaired driving laws

Canada’s new and stricter impaired driving laws have been in effect since December 18 and have since received opposition for unfairly targeting visible minorities. The bill raises maximum penalties for impaired driving offences, disallows drivers from being at or over the prohibited alcohol level within two hours of driving, and gives police full discretion to administer breathalyzers without reasonable suspicion that the driver is intoxicated. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has expressed their concerns with this law to the House of Commons. A post on their website explains that they “voiced particular concern about the impact that random breath testing…

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