Justice committee  I'm speaking with my laboratory hat on now. Just as we tried at the alcohol test committee to clarify what is necessary to determine that an approved instrument is in proper working order, I think the bill could benefit from the same sort of analysis—I'm now adding work onto my c

Justice committee  I wouldn't presume to speak about that, because that is dependent on the laboratory. The alcohol test committee is not fixed in one laboratory system. We make recommendations at a very high level, and each laboratory system—the RCMP, the Quebec lab, and the Centre of Forensic Sci

Justice committee  I can feel the burning eyes on my back of my drugs-and-driving chairperson, who is in the audience, so I will decline to answer anything on that. I will certainly answer anything about per se limits with alcohol.

Justice committee  They're for information purposes only. I've referred to them and to save the committee time looking them up I thought I'd just supply them up front.

Justice committee  That was just a joke or a poor one, that the judges now have to add five every half hour and they may need a calculator to do it.

Justice committee  I'm sorry that it was a poor attempt at humour.

Justice committee  Given the savings and resources that could be affected, I understand why that section is there. Given that it's possibly doing me out of a job, I'm not sure about that.

Justice committee  Of course, that's a joke. Realistically, as I said, I don't think there is any opportunity for prejudice to the accused individual with that approach.

Justice committee  It leaves little concern for me because, based on what I said about a previous action, I don't think you'll ever see a zero in front of a court. There's no breath tech that I've trained, and I've probably trained thousands, who would ever do a test on someone they knew to be 24 h

Justice committee  Good afternoon, everyone. The alcohol test committee of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science has provided independent scientific advice to the Minister of Justice on the detection and quantification of blood alcohol concentrations for the past 50 years. We are a group of ded

Justice committee  The short answer is no, because I don't buy these things. I borrow these from my home lab. The police services buy their own. Often the costing is based on bulk purchase. It's something that could be easily found out.

Justice committee  The answer is that it will probably have a different standard than our others. Our approved instrument standards are more rigorous than our approved screening device standards because they are fit for a purpose. Evidentiary-approved instruments are the instruments that can me

Justice committee  It may well be, but we have to take into account things that we don't take into account with screening devices. We've talked about a lot today. We have to take into account things like environmental influences. That could add dimensions to the testing of these devices that do not

Justice committee  Well, I'll try to answer as well as I can. My experience with police officers, and I mean no disrespect, is that if you give officers a tool with all kinds of caveats attached to it—you have to do it this way, that way, make sure the wind isn't blowing, have your back to the win

Justice committee  Yes, it's for that one specific device. As I say, I don't want the committee to misapprehend me: all these devices will have their own recommendations. That is why, as the alcohol test committee in Canada, we would have to set a standard that all must meet. You can't have all k