Justice committee  Could you repeat the first question, Mr. Comartin?

Justice committee  I'll agree with the first point, but I'd like to make a comment that the people taken off the road in Canada are not only restricted to the ones who are criminally charged. A vast majority of people who are currently taken off the road in the different jurisdictions—

Justice committee  Yes, I'm developing this, if you could bear with me for a minute. There's a vast number of people who are taken off the road at the lower level as well. I think when you look at the groups that are looking at a Criminal Code approach or an administrative approach, we do not dis

Justice committee  I will comment on that, but if you go back, we have in the CCMTA something called a strategy to reduce impaired driving. If we had a slide show here and showed you a picture of the types of laws and legislation that were in the different provinces in 1990 when we started this pro

Justice committee  CCMTA is of the view that for impaired driving programs to be effective, they should combine the elements of certainty and swiftness of apprehension, severity of penalties, and appropriate remedial action. In light of the foregoing, CCMTA would like to take this opportunity to sp

Justice committee  Yes, I will. Thank you. The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, or CCMTA, wishes to thank you for the opportunity to speak to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on the issue of alcohol-impaired driving. CCMTA is a non-profit organization comprise