Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Some of them will be able to recover. As for the others, there will have to be...

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. The Canadian Police Association welcomes the opportunity to appear today before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights concerning your comprehensive review of matters related to impaired driving. The CPA is the natio

Justice committee  First of all, I forgot to introduce my colleague here, who I'm pretty sure you all know. Mr. Dave Griffin is the executive officer of the Canadian Police Association. By the way, he was a Breathalyzer technician, so he knows a little bit more about everything that is involved a

Justice committee  It's always a pleasure.

Justice committee  I'm always comfortable.

Justice committee  Absolutely, I don't question what Ms. Robertson and Ms. Nadeau say. We very much agree on a number of points. It was said that people aren't afraid of being stopped. That's because there have to be a lot of reasons for a police officer to intercept someone. I understand you on th

Justice committee  Absolutely, because driving a vehicle isn't a right: people need to get a licence to do it. We're searched in airports in the same way. We're not outraged when we're searched before entering an aircraft. I don't think Ms. Nadeau or Ms. Robertson talked about the fact that, after

Justice committee  You'll remember very well the problems we have to face every time we arrest somebody for impaired driving. It's so low. We're talking about 50% of people being convicted, because of the fact that they jump a lot on technicalities. For instance, as I said, the two hours is so qui

Justice committee  It wouldn't be hard for you.

Justice committee  I think we have to be careful with that. We have to go after all of them, because they're as dangerous.

Justice committee  It can't be photo radar—and we've made a lot of presentations, even in Quebec—because you have to be careful with the Jean-Marie de Koninck report. Police associations in Quebec did express their concerns about photo radar, how it seems to be the panacea for certain people, but

Justice committee  I believe Mr. Bronfman would be pleased to hear you say he should stop the legal sale of alcohol. Alcohol sales may be the provinces' responsibility, but the federal government levies a tax on it. That means that the various orders of government—

Justice committee  It may be easy for Mr. Petit, but it's a little more difficult for others. We're European, and having a glass a wine with food is not a problem for us. We never feel we're criminal. Where it becomes criminal, however, is when a person whose faculties are impaired drives a vehicle

Justice committee  First of all, if you hear in the news that somebody has been arrested for the fifth time or the tenth time, everybody is going to have a concern here. Everybody is going to ask how the hell that person could have been arrested 10 times, or why he still drives, why he still has a

Justice committee  One aspect we seem to forget is the prevention part.