Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech, and I would like to ask him a question.
While reading the bill, I realized that it would simply enshrine the current practice in law.
Inmates must submit to a urine test when they arrive in jail or are allowed an unescorted temporary absence. The same types of tests are done when inmates from some minimum-security prisons go to work or come back from work, when an inmate is granted parole or a statutory release, and during a supervised release in the community.
The bill provides no concrete way to keep drugs from entering the prison system or keep inmates from using drugs, or to help them recover from a drug addiction. It simply confirms what is already in place.
I would like my colleague to comment on that.