On 11/4/2010 10:59 PM, Speeders & Drunk Drivers Are Murderers wrote:
>
> The loony libertarians will howl about this but it's not half as bad
> as the searches EVERYONE goes thru to fly on a commercial airliiner
> even though drunk drivers pose a thousand times the threat terrorists
> do.
>
> http://www.torontosun.com/news/canad.../15949036.html
>
> Thursday, November 4, 2010
>
> Ontario looks at random breath tests
> .Ontario isn’t slamming the door on random breathalyzer tests of
> drivers, Attorney General Chris Bentley says.
>
> “What we told the federal minister is that we will take a look at the
> proposals ... I want to do anything that will protect public safety,
> but what we want to do is make sure that the law is understandable and
> that law applies in a way that is constitutionally appropriate and
> that law enhances public safety,” Bentley said Wednesday.
>
> Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson and Mothers Against Drunk
> Driving (MADD) are supportive of legislative changes that would
> empower police to perform breath tests on motorists even if there is
> no reason to suspect drunk driving.
>
> NDP Justice Critic Peter Kormos said police officers already have the
> tools they need to apprehend impaired drivers.
>
> “For police officers to demand breath samples without any reason
> whatsoever is an outrageous breach of every Ontarian’s, every
> Canadian’s, civil liberties,” he said. “It’s very disturbing that in
> the shadow of the G20 arrests, where there were clear violations of
> hundreds, thousands, of people’s civil liberties, that the Attorney
> General wouldn’t immediately reject this proposition as being one
> that’s contrary to the Charter and not necessary for effective
> policing.”
>
> Many Torontonians and visitors were subjected to random stops by
> police officers during the G20 Summit in June, sparking numerous
> complaints that the cops had violated people’s civil liberties.
>
Ontario Socialist never saw an intrusion they didn't think was a good thing.
The 401 has little traffic so they would have to stop every other one,
on many stretches to have enough stops to say they worked that day.