Madam Speaker, to the question raised by my colleague, the member for Yukon, one death as a result of impaired driving is one death too many.
The question, however, in responding legislatively, is what is the best approach to take? That is pertinent to the issue of mandatory roadside testing.
One of the issues that we have with impaired drivers is that we have seen this general drop. It is still too high, but we have seen a significant drop year after year as a result of a combination of public awareness, changes to the Criminal Code, and other legislative changes. The people who are responsible for the deaths are a relatively small group of repeat offenders, hard-core drunk drivers. Those are the people we have to go after. Whether this bill fully does that is a question that needs to be thoroughly considered at committee.