Epidemic of drunk driving so Ontario looks at random breath tests

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.