The Manitoba government aims to enforce tougher penalties for impaired driving that leads to injury or death. A proposed bill would impose a lifetime driving ban for a second offense within 10 years and a seven-year driving ban with any detectable alcohol for a first offense.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.The Manitoba government is looking to bring in tougher penalties for people who are convicted of impaired driving offences that cause injury or death.
The bill was introduced on the last day of a three-week session that frequently saw tensions rise between the governing New Democrats and Opposition Progressive Conservatives. The Tories accused her of aggressively accosting one member, standing over him and pointing her finger down at him while telling him he should not be in the chamber.
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