No, in Alberta. Perhaps the Alberta Court of Appeal considers scientific evidence much more favourably than the Court of Appeal for Ontario. All provinces, with perhaps Alberta as the exception, have complained about the problem. As to the extent, it is a little hard to say. The evidence is always anecdotal. Some Ontario representatives on our committee work in the Crown Law Office. They handle all the appeals, and they have told us that in Toronto these days, 50% of cases of this kind use the two-beer defence.
On June 19th, 2007. See this statement in context.