Christmas DUI charges are coming: please don’t drink and drive1 Last Christmas a man named David was arrested for driving while intoxicated at the wheel of a float during the annual Christmas parade. According to witnesses, he sped down Main Street in the float with 19 people aboard, ran a red light, and led police on a 3-mile chase. No, this is not a scene from the classic comedy movie Animal House. Police said that when they finally stopped him, they found an open container of alcohol in his truck. The good people of Ville de Montreal, Gatineau, Québec City, and Val d’Or Quebec have been seeking their criminal record suspensions for a number of DUI cases. Good timing, too, as the Government of Canada announced its intent to have pardon applicants assume the administrative costs of processing a pardon application, which will increase the current pardon application user fee from $150 to $631. Call at 1-8-NOW-PARDON to get moving before the new fee is implemented.