In legal first, Canadian man convicted of drunk canoeing
An Ontario man has been found guilty of"impaired canoeing" after a fatal boating accident on the Muskoka River. It marks the first time someone in Canada has been convicted of operating a canoe under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Sillars' attorney argued that the Canada's impaired driving laws don't apply to a non-motorized boat. Parliament had considered redefining the word"vessel" to exclude anything"powered exclusively by means of muscular power." But Rancourt's family convinced MPs in the House of Commons to remove that clause, leaving it up to the courts to decide.
West noted this was"a unique case, in that it is the first time charges have been prosecuted respecting the operation of a canoe" where the paddler had ingested alcohol and marijuana. He found that Sillars'"intellectual abilities, particularly in respect to choice reaction time and decision-making were significantly impaired."
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