Justice committee  Again, the question catches me a little off guard, because I haven't memorized those sections. My understanding, though, is that you need the reasonable suspicion for the roadside, and you need reasonable and probable grounds to then make the demand to take them down to the stati

Justice committee  As I understand it, the RCMP are continuing to train DRE officers at this current time. I'm pleased to see the rigorous standards of training because they ensure that those conducting the tests have the skills necessary to do so at a high level of accuracy. I think that's a posit

Justice committee  I'll apologize. I'm somewhat at a loss, because I don't have that right in front of me. It was my understanding that to do the tests at roadside for either drugs or alcohol, you need a reasonable suspicion that they have the alcohol or drug in their body.

Justice committee  I think we have to get this clarified. I agree with you that the testing of bodily fluids is at the end of the process. This is after the person was stopped. The officer has reason to suspect you have drugs in your body. You fail the standard field sobriety test. They have reaso

Justice committee  I have a couple of points. First of all, the statistics I gave about police officers not laying charges are not based on anecdote. One is based on a national study published by the director of Transport Canada. The other is a study by the B.C. ministry of justice. The existence

Justice committee  Perhaps what I can do is separate out the two issues. The first issue is the drug testing. If I'm pulled over and I acknowledge that I have a drug in my body, whether it's a beta blocker or I took cold medication, I don't see the police demanding from people who acknowledge havin

Justice committee  It would be my pleasure. The first issue is whether or not the bill, as constituted, would limit the defensibility to testify that I only had two drinks. I think it's perfectly permissible for Parliament to decide to prefer the evidence of a scientifically established machine af

Justice committee  But why would a—

Justice committee  If there is no reason to believe that you are impaired, that your driving is flawed, why would the officer take on giving you a standard field sobriety test at the side of the road?

Justice committee  Thank you. I am appearing before you on behalf of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in my capacity as its national director of legal policy. I have been a professor in the faculty of law at the University of Western Ontario since 1972, and I am so old I even taught my learned friend