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PRs need to follow Impaired Driving Act law carefully

December 21, 2018 admin Cannabis Act, Deportation, driving, driving under influence, Immigrate, Immigration Law, impaired driving act, Living, senator mobina s.b. jaffer, senator ratna omidvar

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:30:57 +0000

Op/ed: Senator Mobina S.B. Jaffer and Senator Ratna Omidvar It has been over a month since the Cannabis Act and its companion legislation, Bill C-46, Impaired Driving Act, have come into force. While the Cannabis Act itself was widely discussed in public, there was comparatively little debate about Bill C-46 — which may have disastrous […]

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Amendment to Impaired Driving Act to spare PRs

June 18, 2018 admin Featured, impaired driving act, news, permanent residents, Senate, senator mobina jaffer, senator ratna omidvar

The Senate has passed a critical amendment to the Impaired Driving Act that would spare permanent residents sentenced to less than six months from being deported. Bill C-46 intends to raise the maximum penalty for impaired driving in Canada from five to 10 years. As originally proposed, it would have automatically classified all DUI offences […]