First and foremost, Mr. Speaker, no politician is allowed to tell a police officer what to do, end of story.
Second, the laws as they exist now are more than sufficient to deal with the issues we are talking about. We do not need additional laws. We need clarity. We need rules of evidence that help enforce these laws, not additional legislation that is going to cause more confusion. A policeman out on the road should not be confused. He needs clear, enforceable laws so he can go to a judge, or a Crown attorney for that matter, and say what has happened, what the elements of the offence are and what charges need to be laid. That is not what is being proposed here. That is why I am opposed to it.