Mr. Speaker, I rise to present another petition on behalf of the citizens of the general area of Peterborough who point out that an average of 4.5 Canadians are killed and 125 Canadians are seriously injured every day as a result of alcohol related crashes.
They point out that 62% of fatally injured drinking drivers in Canada have a blood alcohol concentration that is over double the legal limit of 80 milligrams per litre.
The petitioners pray that parliament immediately amend the Criminal Code so that mobile digital breath test units are added to the list of approved instruments under the Criminal Code, that police are authorized to use passive alcohol sensors in impaired driving enforcement, and that any driver involved in a crash resulting in death or bodily harm provides police with probable grounds to request a breathalyzer.