If steroids are present or if there is an indication that it could be a drug listed in Schedule 4, certainly a police officer could, theoretically, ask the suspect to accompany him. However, I think it's important to keep in mind that there has to be a correlation between the drug and the person's fitness to drive. Obviously, a police officer cannot simply go on the fact that there is a drug in the vehicle or on the individual.
What is of most concern to us—and we have already mentioned this—is the completely uncertain method of assessing the presence of drugs in the individual's body. The intrusive side of searches is another aspect of the problem that was raised during the Committee's discussions. That sometimes involves physical manipulation. We have all tried to imagine an Aboriginal person out West being arrested by the RCMP. He would be locked in a dark room with all the lights off, and officers would check to see whether his pupils were dilated too much or too little. The officer would obviously try to get him to do certain things; there would be physical manipulations, and so on.
In light of available scientific data, we were of the opinion that such situations could lead to quite extensive abuse and violations of privacy.