396 is a famous constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.The Court upheld a provincial Act, which provided that anyone who was convicted of an impaired driving offence under the Criminal Code will have their licence suspended, on the basis that the law was in relation to the regulation of highway safety which is a valid provincial subject.
The Supreme Court of Canada, in case 396, upheld a provincial law that imposed license suspensions on individuals convicted of impaired driving offenses under the Criminal Code. The court determined that this law was within the province's authority to regulate highway safety.