OTTAWA — In a controversial move that may set up another showdown with the House of Commons, a Senate committee voted on Wednesday night to remove random alcohol testing from the government’s impaired driving legislation. The government points to evidence that random testing has caused impaired driving rates to drop steeply in countries that have it, such as Australia and Ireland. “Mandatory alcohol screening is the centrepiece of this legislation,” she said. “We are determined to ensure that mandatory alcohol screening goes forward. As recently as 2016, Conservative MP and former cabinet minister Steven Blaney had introduced a private members bill with random testing.

Source: National Post May 24, 2018 15:56 UTC