Kyla Lee

This week on the Driving Law podcast, I am very excited to be joined by Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth to discuss the future of cannabis-imapired driving in British Columbia, the Community Safety Unit or the “pot police,” and how Bill C-46 will impact the Immediate Roadside Prohibition regime.

I’m also pleased to announce that the Driving Law podcast is now part of the Cannabis Media Collective!

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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we explore the depths of human frustration. First, we see how an overly competitive workplace can drive some to do terrible misdeeds. Then, we look at how really bad parking can also trigger murderous rage. Finally, to lighten things up, we look at the case of a strange arrest for public intoxication and what the fallout of that is for the public in West Virginia.

All this and more below the jump!

After Bill C-46 was introduced, impaired driving practitioners across the country had a lot of questions. And while we all conferred amongst ourselves (and through the Canadian Impaired Driving Lawyers Association) about what was going to come of these changes to the impaired driving regime, two enterprising lawyers set out to write a book about it.
 
I was very kindly asked to review the book, and post my thoughts on my blog. So without further ado, here is my review of Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences: A Practitioner’s Handbook by Karen Jokinen and Peter Keen.

This week on the Driving Law Podcast, I speak with the authors of the new impaired driving textbook, Impaired Driving and Other Criminal Code Driving Offences: A Practitioner’s Handbook, Peter Keen and Karen Jokinen. We discuss some of the more nuanced aspects of C-46, including the rationale behind some of the major changes and the potential for constitutional challenge. It is a must-listen for impaired driving practitioners.

If you listen to the end of the podcast, I will provide a discount code for you to get 10% off your own copy by ordering online at Emond Publishing.

You can listen online on SoundCloud, PlayerFM, or subscribe on iTunes!

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we look at what is possibly the best Florida story thus far, complete with an appearance by one of my favorite childhood cartoons. Then, we get a little bit into the Christmas spirit with a case involving a man in a chimney. Finally, we lose all Christmas spirit and hope for society over a couple of Oreo cookies.

Follow the link to read on and find out about the weirdest legal cases I could stomach this week.

On December 20, 2018, the Federal Government revealed its proposed regulations for phase two of cannabis legalization: edibles, including beverages; extracts; and topical cannabis.

And while legalization leaves a lot to be desired, the proposed regulations are not necessarily all that bad.