Ontario puts brakes on drug tests for drivers

Opinion
Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor (New NP Highlighter not working)

Ontario apparently is  Kowtowing to special interests, and ignoring Federal Law Bill C-2 when impaired drivers only means if you are drunk and not High!  Impaired in my opinion means impaired.

Certainly if one is caught driving without their prescription eyeglasses is fined, but if you are caught high on crack, it is "Well have a nice day, move along!"

And I thought it was only Lefty British Columbia which historically ignores most Federal Laws, hopefully this is not a trend among Provinces, because, why have Federal Laws or even a Federal Government at all, if Province choose to ignore them?  If a Province can ignore the Federal government Laws without penalty, why can't we as ordinary citizens demand not to pay Federal Income Tax? Especially since we are not getting the complete benefit from the Federal Government? Why can't we demand to not pay Provincial Taxes if we choose to ignore our Provincial Government?  

Hell , how about we just demand not to pay taxes period, because let's face it, if the province can ignore federal laws, why can't we as taxpaying  citizens ignore both of them?  After all , we were  always told, you cannot pick and choose what laws to obey or not obey, apparently I was wrong!

News Source: Ottawa Sun

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2008/07/05/6071821-sun.html

Province puts brakes on drug tests for drivers

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO -- Ontario won't immediately be testing blood, urine or saliva samples taken from motorists suspected of driving while high, which critics warn is stripping police of important new powers that would help them stop impaired drivers.

The government-run centre responsible for the testing isn't accepting any samples under new federal rules -- which came into effect Wednesday -- because the province is worried it will overburden the system.

The new rules -- passed in February as part of the Conservatives' crime omnibus legislation Bill C-2 -- impose tougher penalties for all impaired drivers and make it a criminal offence to refuse a roadside sobriety test. Police can also compel suspected drug-impaired drivers to give a blood, urine or saliva sample for analysis, which drivers could previously refuse.