Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On September 27th, 2016. See this statement in context.

September 27th, 2016 / 5 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

I have that information. Thanks very much.

I understand, from the material we have from the Library of Parliament, that the conviction rate for impaired driving is 84%. Sorry, this is from Juristat 2011. It is higher than the general conviction rate of 64%.

Are we looking for a problem to fix here with respect to getting rid of the bolus defence, getting rid of the intervening drinking defence, and the other procedural changes? Again, with Bill C-73, you would have more intimate knowledge of this, without specific reference to Bill C-226. Are we aiming for a much higher conviction rate with these changes? Have the courts suggested these changes are necessary to improve the conviction rate?

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