Bill C-32 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (impaired driving) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  Conservative

Status

Report stage (House), as of June 20, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code
(a) to create an offence of operating a motor vehicle while in possession of a controlled substance as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
(b) to authorize specially trained peace officers to conduct tests to determine whether a person is impaired by a drug or a combination of alcohol and a drug;
(c) to authorize the taking of bodily fluids to test for the presence of alcohol or a drug;
(d) to create an offence of operating a motor vehicle with a concentration of alcohol in the blood that exceeds 80 mg of alcohol in 100 mL of blood and causing bodily harm or death to another person;
(e) to clarify what evidence a person accused of driving with a concentration of alcohol in the blood that exceeds 80 mg of alcohol in 100 mL of blood can introduce to raise a doubt that they were not committing the offence;
(f) to create an offence of refusing to provide a breath sample when the accused knows or ought to know that the accused’s operation of a motor vehicle caused an accident resulting in bodily harm to another person or death; and
(g) to increase the penalties for impaired driving.
The enactment also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

Similar bills

C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) Law Tackling Violent Crime Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-32s:

C-32 (2022) Law Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022
C-32 (2021) An Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening of the Official Languages Act
C-32 (2016) An Act related to the repeal of section 159 of the Criminal Code
C-32 (2014) Law Victims Bill of Rights Act
C-32 (2012) Law Civil Marriage of Non-residents Act
C-32 (2010) Copyright Modernization Act

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on May 30, 2007

  • Evan Graham, National Coordinator, Drug Evaluation and Classification Program, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Greg Yost, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice Canada

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on June 5, 2007

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on June 7, 2007

  • Robert Solomon, Director, Legal Policy, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
  • Mark Brayford, Vice-Chair, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
  • Kirk Tousaw, Chair, Drug Policy Committee, B.C. Civil Liberties Association
  • Margaret Miller, National President, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on June 12, 2007

  • Brian Hodgson, Chair, Alcohol Test Committee, Canadian Society of Forensic Science
  • Shirley Treacy, Chair, Drugs and Driving Committee, Canadian Society of Forensic Science
  • Douglas Beirness, Manager, Research and Policy, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
  • Tamra Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
  • Mitchell MacLeod, Executive Member, National Criminal Justice Section, Canadian Bar Association
  • Louise Dehaut, member, Alcohol Test Committee, Canadian Society of Forensic Science
  • Jacques Lecavalier, Associate, Research and Policy, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on June 14, 2007

  • Marthe Dalpé-Scott, Co-Chair, Drugs and Driving Committee, Canadian Society of Forensic Science
  • Evan Graham, National Coordinator, Drug Evaluation and Classification Program, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on June 19, 2007

  • Greg Yost, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
  • Hal Pruden, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
  • Evan Graham, National Coordinator, Drug Evaluation and Classification Program, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on June 19, 2007

  • Greg Yost, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
  • Hal Pruden, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice