Legalizing marijuana will lead to more impaired driving, the House of Commons justice committee heard Wednesday, and police need more training and resources to meet the challenge. “There is no doubt that the primary concern of policing in Canada is impaired driving,” said Mario Harel, director of the Gatineau Police Service. Still, Gord Jones, superintendent of the association’s traffic committee, said police “have not sat dormant” over the last several years. The new law would also allow officers to demand saliva tests when they suspect a driver has consumed drugs. Conservative MP Michael Cooper asked whether the uncertainty around the testing could also mean that people would be declared impaired unfairly.

Source: National Post September 21, 2017 02:13 UTC