Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould introduced major changes to the country's impaired driving laws Thursday, including provisions that will allow for mandatory roadside alcohol screening and new criminal offences for driving while high. Previously, a test could only be administered if an officer had "reasonable suspicion" that a driver was impaired by alcohol. In fact, mandatory roadside testing in many countries has significantly reduced the number of deaths on highways. They can claim it was only later, at the time of testing, that they reached an illegal blood alcohol concentration. Over 80 refers to a blood alcohol limit of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitre of blood, or as it is commonly known, .08 blood alcohol concentration.

Source: CBC News April 13, 2017 21:11 UTC