Senate on road to another showdown with government over impaired driving bill
OTTAWA — The Senate has set itself on the road to another potential showdown with the government, passing a gutted version of a bill to tighten impaired driving laws.
The upper house approved Bill C-46 on Thursday — minus its centrepiece measure to allow police to conduct random roadside alcohol breath tests.
The government has previously served notice that it will reject the Senate’s amended version of the bill and will insist that the roadside testing measure be reinstated.
The two houses of Parliament were already at odds over the government’s bill to legalize recreational cannabis, with senators approving Bill C-45 with almost four dozen amendments.