April 23, 2025, 7:20 pm
Quebec authorities have firmly decided to stick with the 0.08 legal blood alcohol limit despite a fourth coroner’s recommendation for change. The move, which defies mounting public health pressure, serves as a defiant stand amid simmering debates over road safety.
Quebec is the only province that has not established a legal limit lower than the .08 — 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood — set in the Criminal Code.
QUÉBEC - Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault says the province will not be lowering the legal blood alcohol limit despite another coroner's report released this week urging the province to act.
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