The law is incredibly nuanced and complex; a layman’s understanding of the law will rarely give you the complete picture. Most folks, for example, think that impaired driving means just that; driving while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other substances
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There is an ever-present push and pull in the legal system, one that informs a lot of debate. The law must protect society from bad actors, and it can go about this in two different ways: deterrents and reformations. Deterrents are those
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Driving while impaired can bring on serious legal consequences; there are serious financial consequences, too. Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) is the sole insurer for automobiles in the province of Manitoba, and they have steep penalties for drivers who were caught driving under
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Marijuana is now legal in Canada, but driving high remains illegal. We’ve addressed some of the unpractical aspects of this in previous blog posts; THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana, is hard to accurately measure, and the amount of THC in a
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In 2018, the Criminal Code saw two important amendments that relate to impaired driving. The first part of the amendment came into force on June 21st, 2018, and it pertains mostly to drug-impaired driving, in light of the then pending legalization of
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Canada’s new impaired driving laws give police officers some extra leeway to pull over drivers and compel them to take a breath sample on an approved screening device (ASD). The legalization of cannabis has also led to the deployment of approved drug
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It’s illegal to drive impaired. There’s obvious reasons for this; we want to reduce risk for everyone on the road, and an impaired driver can pose an enormous risk to themselves as well as to others. What exactly constitutes impairment is a
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Cannabis became legal in Canada on October 17, 2018. Anytime something becomes legal, there is a framework created for its legal use; when you fall outside of this framework, the activity becomes illegal. We’ve covered a lot of the issues pertaining to
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Cannabis was legalized in Canada on October 17th, but as with anything legal, there are stipulations around how it can be used and purchased. We’ve gone over many of the essentials of purchasing and using cannabis in our blog already; today, we’re
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As of October 17, 2018, marijuana is legal in Canada. This is seen as a huge step forward by many Canadians who felt the harms that came with using the drug were about equivalent to the harms caused by alcohol or cigarette
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