The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were expecting to see their national forensic labs flooded with requests for blood tests after Canada's new impaired driving law came into effect, but they've seen just a small number so far.
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According to numbers provided to CBC, the RCMP expected to see about 800 blood sample requests during the 2018/2019 fiscal year, which covered the first few months since the law came into place in June.
As of the end of February, they've received just 80 requests.
The RCMP said that's because police forces across the country are still figuring out how to actually collect blood samples.
"Police officers' ability to draw blood depends on the jurisdiction," said Sgt. Marie Damian in an email to CBC news. "Provinces and territories across the country are at different stages of developing regimes to facilitate blood draws."
