Justice committee  Distinguished members of this committee, as president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, I am pleased to be given the opportunity to meet each of you today. This is my first time as president of the CACP to appear before you, and I am privileged to see so many famil

Justice committee  Yes, they are already submitted.

Justice committee  We've talked about this. We've seen the momentum in training pick up in the last year or so on the DRE side and the sobriety test for our field officers in the reality of today. For sure, from the experience of other jurisdictions that have legalized marijuana, we expect an incre

Justice committee  It's already a reality. Our DRE officers are charging people. I think it was about 4% of.... I don't want to mix statistics. I'm always afraid to go into statistics, but 4% of all impaired driving incidents involved drugs in 2009. That's another matter: statistics are not robust

Justice committee  We've seen some campaigns. I've personally seen some on the Quebec side, for sure. Because the statistics show that the perception of people under the influence of marijuana while driving is very different from the case with alcohol, we all know that a lot of work needs to be don

Justice committee  Yes. Gatineau and Toronto were police departments that were part of the project. Overall, I think the experience was positive. I know that the report reflects that. The objective was to test the equipment in our climate in the winter, and we did that. We encountered a couple of s

Justice committee  That was the objective of the pilot. I don't have all the details about the technical aspects of the devices, but it was the objective of the pilot to try to detect how those devices operate in our climate. Any recommendations needing to be made, we made after the pilot. We're wa

Justice committee  Well, as mentioned in the opening statement, as soon as we get the final provisions of the law, we'll be able to work on our procedures and training and everything. With the announcement of the support of the government with money for training.... The money is an issue, because i

Justice committee  Well, as I have just said, I know that the money for the training has been announced very recently. We'll work with the provinces and the federal government as quickly as possible to see how this money is going to be allocated. Concerning the training itself, as I said, for the

Justice committee  The DRE program for drugs and driving has been a reality for several years. We have had DRE officers trained since back in 2004 or 2002. With our experience in detecting these drivers and knowing that those tools were available in other countries and wanting to enhance the safety

Justice committee  We're looking at each other, but.... I'm sorry, but I don't have any constructive comments to make on that.

Justice committee  Well, it was very scientific on how the body reacts and deals with THC. On the disposition in this bill right now, for sure it's clear for us how it works and how we do the proof. Right now, we have the ability.... We sometimes take blood samples for our cases right now for alcoh

Justice committee  No, what we're saying is pretty simple. If you consume marijuana, you don't drive.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, distinguished members of the committee, once again, I would like to thank you for having the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police present to you today during your study on Bill C-71. My name is Mario Harel, and I am appearing before you as President of the CACP. A

Public Safety committee  Quebec has the same practice under Anastasia's law. If a health professional has reasons to believe that an individual with a firearm is a threat to themselves or to the health and safety of those around them, they must report that risk to the police.