New Bill Ignores Risks Of Drunk Canoeing: Canadian Safe Boating Council

OTTAWA — Legislation to crack down on driving or operating other vehicles while impaired would exclude canoeing and paddle-boarding while under the influence, a move that alarms a group promoting safe boating.Last spring, the federal government introduced a bill to modernize and overhaul laws dealing with the operation of all kinds of vehicles, aircraft and vessels after drinking or taking drugs.The move was spurred by the federal plan to legalized recreational marijuana use by July next y