If you wouldn't mind, I'll use this occasion of having the floor to withdraw Parti Vert-5, Green Party-5. I've been advised by the clerk that it would likely be inadmissible, and I confess to you that I also have adjournment proceedings coming up shortly in the House.
I will now defend Parti Vert-4, but I thought I might as well jump to the inevitable conclusion that my fifth amendment was unlikely to be accepted as admissible.
I don't think that the Liberal amendment that was just accepted, which I support, changes the rationale for my amendment. It continues on page 29 in respect of presumptions of blood alcohol concentration. My amendment would replace lines 15 to 17 with “section (1) or (2), as the case may be”. What we now have is a deeming assumption of an additional five milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood for every interval of 30 minutes in excess of two hours.
By ending the paragraph without that assumption, my amendment would restore a requirement for evidence from a toxicologist rather than assuming that you have this blood alcohol level for every 30 minutes in excess of two hours.