I think my colleague is referring to a study on administrative licence suspension, which is that when you're actually charged at a roadside it's 90 days.
There has never been a formal evaluation of the provincial system, of the 0.05 system, to show its effectiveness. There was a brief one done in Ontario when it was introduced, and it really showed no effectiveness. The problem is the sanctions ranging from 4 to 24 hours are not enough impact to make the drinking driver wake up and realize.... In a lot of jurisdictions there are actually no ramifications. You could have 200 of those, because there are no records kept in most jurisdictions. So it's nothing that impacts.
If you're going to put a provincial system in place, there are two things they can't have. It has to be substantial enough to make the drinking driver not repeat that behaviour. The other thing is it can't be a patchwork quilt. We've had a system for 30 years, and Quebec still doesn't have one. If that's the future that holds, in 2038 we're going to have a very improper system. That's the advantage of a federal system. That's the advantage of a federal 0.05.
Also, we've dealt with some of the issues that my colleague is concerned with here on a ticketing offence. The criminal record automatically goes away after a certain period of time. The penalties should go with the level of blood alcohol concentration.