Justice committee  I think you're on the right track. What we also have to consider, though, is how impaired that person is.

Justice committee  That's why we have the two sections, impaired and over the limit. Either one can apply.

Justice committee  I am also a member of the committee Mr. Boase speaks about. It is a long-term process. It's something we should be looking at, but don't hold your breath. It's a long way away.

Justice committee  Do we enforce at 100? That's an item for data analysis.

Justice committee  I have looked at data from a long time ago, and yes, you'll see charges between 80 and 100 in the data that comes forth. Most of them are between 160 and 170. That's the average. So are we enforcing 110? Not very well. We're getting the worst ones off the road. That's all we're

Justice committee  They are around. You will see them.

Justice committee  Sure. But we have a law to deal with those people too, people who are even at 80 or below 80. It's called “impaired driving”.

Justice committee  I think you'll find lots of people who aren't. I believe we heard it earlier. There are people at 270 who will not show gross signs of intoxication at all.

Justice committee  Certainly, absolutely, no question.

Justice committee  This has been an issue that has been on the table since I first started working in the impaired-driving field 25 years ago. Even back then, when we looked at the evidence there was a lot of interpretation to what was out there. It was not very clear-cut. Not everyone is impaired

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse appreciates the opportunity to address you today to share our views on the issue of impaired driving. As you may know, CCSA is Canada's national non-governmental organization, formed in 1988 by

Justice committee  Several eye examinations are included in the field sobriety test and the drug recognition expert program, because they're very highly correlated with levels of blood alcohol and impairment. The most commonly used test is the lateral gaze nystagmus, which is the involuntary jerk

Justice committee  That's right. That's why—

Justice committee  That's why we have asked that the definition of a drug be included in the legislation.

Justice committee  No, that's only in the possession part.