Campaign to crack down on impaired motorists

WASHINGTON — About 30,000 police officers will be out on the roads around the country through the Labor Day weekend to crack down on impaired driving, an annual effort that this year poses potential risks to immigrants who fear getting stopped and deported given the strict immigration policies pursued by the Trump administration.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Wednesday it will run the highvisibility enforcement campaign during what is one of the deadliest times on U.S. roads.

The campaign — If You Feel Different, You Drive Different — Drive High, Get a DUI” — begins Friday and has a $13 million media budget to run public service announcements on television, radio, online and on social media and in cinemas.

The nation’s ethics commissioner said Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau improperly pressured a former attorney general to halt the criminal prosecution of a company.

Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion said Trudeau’s attempts to influence the then attorney general and justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, were contrary to the constitutional principle of prosecutorial independence.

Wilson-Raybould believes she was demoted to veterans’ affairs minister in January because she didn’t give in to pressure to enter into a remediation agreement with major employer SNC-Lavalin, a Canadian company accused of bribing Libyan officials.