Justice committee  I would like to add one more point that is very important regarding the random effect of it. Those operations are not traps. The recommendation on the strategic principles of driving enforcement stated that those operations have to be highly publicized. In other words, on every

Justice committee  I would say that allowing random breath testing would definitely help as a better deterrence. If people think they're going to get caught, they will change their behaviour.

Justice committee  The only point I would like to add to everything that has been made is regardless of how severe or how extensive the licence suspension is, if it is not supported by law enforcement, in other words RIDE programs, and significant enforcement, the risk of being apprehended will sti

Justice committee  As regards the insurance industry, as long as someone is legally entitled to drive in the province, with or without an interlock ignition, they can be insured, usually by a facility association. Individual companies that take higher risk may or may not decide to underwrite that r

Justice committee  As another point on the interlock, I think it's important to realize that a lot of these chronic offenders are people at the lower end of the socio-economic scale. Interlock is $100 a month and it's user pay, so there is a deterrent for a lot of people to be on it, because they j

Justice committee  I don't have them. I will get back to you. However, I have to specify one more point. Even if it is recorded in the driver's abstract, it doesn't mean that the insurance industry has the authority to use that as an underwriting criterion. Because automobile insurance is regulat

Justice committee  I will do that.

Justice committee  Yes. Essentially, they went as far as to suggest a proper level of concentration, and they basically said that the optimal threshold is 20 hours of operation per week per 100 square kilometres. With that, you achieve a reduction of 36% in injuries and 69% in fatalities, and the

Justice committee  Mr. President, monsieur le président, I will start my remarks in French and I will then transfer to English, and I will try to keep the English translator going at a reasonable pace. In the past 30 years, Canada has made major progress and significant changes in society's attit