The American authorities take no responsibility either - they should be policing their own citizens and preventing their inebriated behaviour. The last time I checked, drinking while operating a watercraft carried the same penalty as DUI.
In Canada, drinking while operating a watercraft does follow under the Criminal Code of Canada. However the Transportation Act of Canada excludes recreational inflatable devices (which most of those people were using) such as air mattresses, inner tubes, belly boats etc from their definition of Pleasure Craft (aka watercraft.) This effectively negates the DUI aspect in this case. Still, I am sure that other creative fines could be levied if LE on both sides of the border really wanted to make an example of some of these idiots.
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