Yes. An evaluation of what was done in Alberta shows clearly that they had a reduction in the numbers of offenders and repeat offenders subsequent to what they were doing.
My argument is that because of the severity of the Criminal Code, conviction becomes intricate and costly. What we favour is hopefully harmonizing the provinces. Under the highway code you are guilty, you have to prove your innocence, as opposed to the Criminal Code, where it is the other way around.
Ontario is moving this fall into a three-day suspension for the first time somebody gets pulled over with a BAC in excess of 0.05, between 0.05 and 0.08. We believe that currently, with the exception of Quebec, we already have a 0.05 and for new drivers we have a zero BAC already in place.
We want to see the provinces work on this at that level because we feel it's more efficient and we can get more drivers off the road when there is a RIDE program, for example. Once they're charged at the criminal level, the time that is required to do it and so on basically means that these roadside RIDE programs, for example, cannot continue because of the lack of needed resources.
We feel the deterrent, the visible enforcement, is important because people will behave according to being caught. They're not afraid of dying; they're afraid of getting caught. So we need that presence, and a BAC of 0.05 would eventually remove some of that.