Ottawa police urge Quebec to align drunk driving rules with Ontario's

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B.C.'s laws targeting drivers who drink were challenged in the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Ottawa Police Service says it would prefer if Ontario and Quebec were in the same lane when it comes to the amount of alcohol drivers can have in their system before taking the wheel.On Thursday, the Quebec government voted down a motion to impose administrative sanctions on drivers with a blood-alcohol level higher than 0.05.

On Thursday, Quebec's National Assembly voted against a motion put forward by the Quebec Liberal Party to reduce the legal blood-alcohol concentration for drivers to 0.05 grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Quebec's Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Geneviève Guilbault said the government had already taken action to strengthen road safety, citing in particular the

"It was shattering, shattering for the entire family," Leckey said, adding that the loss never gets easier to talk about. "That's a concern for Ottawa residents when, potentially, drivers with a higher level of inebriation cross the bridge from Quebec," he said.

 

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