My question is again addressed to Mr. Rosenthal, since this gentleman answered for him. This question is addressed to you. You know as well as I do that when we represent clients in a prosecution case involving blood alcohol levels, whether it's in Quebec or Ontario—as a matter of fact, in Ontario, you are in an even better position than we are in Quebec—almost all of our clients ask for legal aid because, very often, they have lost their jobs; they are people who are experiencing problems. In my case, it's the Government of Quebec that pays the lawyer's fee. In your case, you are paid $85.19 an hour to represent the same type of client. I understand that this allows you to make money, and I hasten to add that I, too, have made money from this, because I worked in that area for quite a long time.
But my question for you is important because, based on your advice, we will have to make some decisions. I hear the comments made by Ms. Beauchesne, just as I have heard those made by other witnesses, and have heard yours as well. The problem is that you always draw our attention to marijuana. Is it marijuana that poses the problem or is it drugs in general? As far as I am concerned, drugs include things other than marijuana. You seem to focus our attention solely on marijuana. Is that your intent? Is it that particular aspect of things that concerns you about the bill, or is it with respect to drugs in general that you would like to remove any possibility—and I stress the word “possibility”—of their being detected?
I would like to make a second point. From the very outset, we have been talking about extreme cases. I just want to point out that in both Quebec and Ontario, we use… In Quebec, section 215 of the Highway Safety Code allows us to arrest somebody if the car's tail lamp has burnt out. The police officer approaches the vehicle, asks the driver to lower his window, smells alcohol on his breath and proceed to administer a test, and so on. However, it is possible that the officer doesn't suspect anything. What about a driver who hasn't smoked marijuana for over a month and whose tail lights are all working; in that case, there is no problem. What is your concern about that? What are you afraid could happen after one or four months? As a lawyer, that's a point I would like you to explore. First of all, he can't be arrested because police officers will have no indication or no suspicion on which to arrest him. So, what are you afraid of? That's what I want to know.