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Canada: Woman breathalyzed by police in own home wins court challenge against new driving laws
The Post Millennial ^ | May 29, 2019 | Yanky Pollak

Posted on 06/02/2019 1:08:44 PM PDT by rickmichaels

Lee Lowrie, the B.C. woman who challenged a forced breathalyzer by the RCMP, has won in court. Lowrie said, “It was like living in a communist country with no rights. Truly, I felt violated.”

The forced breathalyzer was administered to Lowrie in her home by the RCMP as part of the new drunk driving laws implemented by Trudeau’s Liberals.

According to Global, “Lee Lowrie says she was recently at her sister’s home in Maple Ridge when she received a call from the RCMP stating they had a very personal issue they needed to speak to her directly about. She assumed it was a family emergency and invited them into the home.”

Lowrie stopped on the way to have lunch and a cocktail. She then proceeded to her home where she claims she consumed more alcohol. The RCMP then forced her to have a breathalyzer, suspended her licence and impounded her car.

The Trudeau government’s roadside provision allows the RCMP to force breathalyzers on citizens despite any signs of impairment.

They may also enter a citizen’s home two hours after they had been driving.


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1 posted on 06/02/2019 1:08:44 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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Not. Going. To. Visit.


2 posted on 06/02/2019 1:11:16 PM PDT by madison10
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You’re ok in Alberta, we don’t tolerate this nonsense.


3 posted on 06/02/2019 1:16:58 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: rickmichaels

She was NOT driving, the police did not stop her while driving.

So, how can they just go into someone’s house and force them to take a breathelizer test. This is indeed abuse of police power.

Good that she went to court and won her case.


4 posted on 06/02/2019 1:17:10 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: rickmichaels

“It was like living in a communist country with no rights...”

Quit electing Canadian communists. We’ve got the same problem here.


5 posted on 06/02/2019 1:18:10 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Innovative

“The RCMP then forced her to have a breathalyzer, suspended her licence and impounded her car...”

FBI wannabes.


6 posted on 06/02/2019 1:19:44 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: rickmichaels

2 hrs? you could slam down 20 beers in that time or 80 shots


7 posted on 06/02/2019 1:20:29 PM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!me t)
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“suspended her licence and impounded her car. “

She needs to win some serious monetary awards too.


8 posted on 06/02/2019 1:21:35 PM PDT by Innovative
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#4: "Good that she went to court and won her case."

That is surprising. Good thing she didn't have to go before an American judge.
 

9 posted on 06/02/2019 1:24:58 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
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To: dila813

According to this disgusting law, if you’re drunk within two hours of driving and the cops show up at your door, even though you started drinking when you got home, you have to somehow prove you were sober when driving. If you fail to prove it, you’re convicted.

Nineteen Eighty-Four really does exist in Canada.


10 posted on 06/02/2019 1:26:52 PM PDT by rickmichaels (I shouldn't have to press 1 for English)
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To: madison10
Not. Going. To. Visit.
Have boycotted Canada since 1982. Live In Rochester NY and went to Niagara Falls and Toronto since the mid 60s.
Then one year, while with my wife and kids, they towed my car for "illegal" parking (it wasn't). Took me 3 hours and $100 to get it back.
Have not been there since.
11 posted on 06/02/2019 1:35:28 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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How did this happen in the first place, did the restaurant report her for being tipsy when she left or something? Or can another driver just not like something you do in your car, and call the Mounties?
How crazy.


12 posted on 06/02/2019 1:42:53 PM PDT by GnuThere
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Interesting coincidence, just yesterday I had a casual chat with a guy from Manitoba and he called his country communist. He comes down here for everything, even says the food is a higher quality at affordable prices. He recommended never going there to visit.


13 posted on 06/02/2019 2:00:44 PM PDT by redfreedom
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They may also enter a citizen’s home two hours after they had been driving.

“And do what, exactly?”


14 posted on 06/02/2019 2:04:40 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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>You’re ok in Alberta, we don’t tolerate this nonsense>

Did your Spell Check change the word “Alaska”? #;^)


15 posted on 06/02/2019 2:06:19 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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Breathalyze them. Refusal is a crime in Canada.


16 posted on 06/02/2019 2:09:51 PM PDT by rickmichaels (I shouldn't have to press 1 for English)
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To: rickmichaels

But remember! Trump’s the fascist!


17 posted on 06/02/2019 2:17:18 PM PDT by Skywise
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[The RCMP] may also enter a citizen’s home two hours after they had been driving.
18 posted on 06/02/2019 2:20:47 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Nope, we’re far more redneck than Alaska heh.


19 posted on 06/02/2019 2:26:46 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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20 posted on 06/02/2019 2:31:44 PM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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