Drunk driving bill’s progress grinds to a halt

Hoback said it’s very frustrating because he had unanimous consent coming out of committee. Both the Liberals and the NDP had also told him that the bill would go through without a problem.

“And then the house leader (Peter Julian) decided to take on his own tangent, now whether he had direction from the leader (Thomas Mulcair) directly or not I am suspicious of that. Regardless, the fact is that we’re going to have more drunk drivers on the road,” said Hoback.

Hoback said after the session, the NDP house leader would not even look in his direction.

“I always give them (opposition) the benefit of the doubt, that if you work with them and treat them fair, that they’ll do what this Parliament is supposed to do and that’s take good legislation and pass it through. They (NDP) showed us that you just can’t trust them and that they do what they want to do based on a whim,” said Hoback.

He said there may be another opportunity for a vote this month on June 17, but it’s unlikely.

“We could have had our roads safer this summer if this would have passed, no question in my mind that them playing partisan politics will lead to peoples’ deaths,” said Hoback.

paNOW attempted to contact the NDP for comment on Monday, but our calls were not returned.

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by Nigel Maxwell

Drunk driving bill’s progress grinds to a halt

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