Karmanopoly

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What happens when it's a product that is essential with no alternative... Like potash?

And that potash is essential to the entire farming economy

In Canada you have the right to an attorney, without delay, simply being detained ... except when you're suspected of drunk driving

Section 10(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees every person the right to retain and instruct legal counsel without delay, and the right to be informed of that right upon arrest or detention.

It's not so much a violation of your rights, but an elimination of that right during that specific situation

Mother Against Drunk Driving decided all of it.

Nobody can defend drunk driving, but the fact you give up your rights during a stop should make you angry.

If you get charged with any other crime you are allowed to talk to a lawyer except in drunk driving. You are tried and convicted on the side of the road and the evidence they use to convict you (your breath) isn't preserved.. it just blows away in the wind.

Nobody should be drunk driving but we still need to change the way we handle suspected drunk driver's