Public Safety committee  It's 0.05. Many jurisdictions have actually done that. Generally, although it's hard to specify exactly what effect an individual program has, because usually it's combined with many elements including education and other dispositions and possibly increased enforcement for a wh

Public Safety committee  Under the current circumstances, I see a lot of people who have been arrested and confined or sanctioned, and I see many who recidivate. We know that anywhere from about a third to 50% of those people we catch over a certain period of time will recidivate. We suspect that's an un

Public Safety committee  Indeed. I can't speak for the state of the penal system right now, in terms of providing those services, but those individuals who have difficulty in controlling their alcohol use will need a specific approach that may not be provided in a punishment milieu; whereas with others,

Public Safety committee  From my point of view, the idea is not to catch people; it's to prevent the behaviour. By raising the probability, or at least the perception among drivers that they are likely to be stopped, and if they have been drinking excessively, they will be arrested and convicted, is ex

Public Safety committee  Yes, the ignition kill system is very effective.

Public Safety committee  Judgment is often subjective, and can lead to confusion. People are often unable to measure their level of impairment. There are means, such as making breathalyzers available in places where alcohol is consumed. There's also educating and raising people's awareness about the num

Public Safety committee  It's difficult to say. It's a very persistent risky behaviour. By definition, certain people are risk-takers, and have a greater sensitivity to alcohol than we do. It's difficult; it's a challenge. We did an experiment to measure the impact of the presence of a device that rang

Public Safety committee  The reasons that lead to driving while impaired vary widely. There are all kinds of motivations, and different people find themselves in such a situation. Certainly, a good number of those people have made an error in judgment, and it's simply one episode. In other cases, it refl

Public Safety committee  Thank you. My name is Dr. Thomas Brown. I'm a senior researcher and director of the addiction research program at the Research Centre of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal; assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University; and a lice