✔︎ C-49 (Canada Transportation Act)
Voted yea. Motion passed.
Bill
C-49: An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
Third Reading.
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
Impaired driving is the leading criminal cause of death and injury in Canada. Our Government has committed to creating new and stronger laws to punish more severely those who drive while under the influence of drugs, including cannabis. Bill C-46 goes one step further by proposing to reform the entire impaired driving regime in the Criminal Code. It would strengthen existing drug-impaired driving laws and create a regime that would be amongst the strongest in the world. To support these measures, the Government will undertake a robust public awareness campaign so that Canadians are well informed about the dangers of driving under the influence of cannabis and other drugs. It will also work with provinces, territories, municipalities and local communities to train and equip law enforcement so that Canada’s roads and highways are safe for all Canadians. On that note, our Government is investing up to $274 million to support law enforcement and border efforts to detect and deter drug-impaired driving and enforce the proposed cannabis legalization and regulation. We have committed up to $161 million for training frontline officers in how to recognize the signs and symptoms of drug-impaired driving, building law enforcement capacity across the country, providing access to drug screening devices, developing policy, bolstering research, and raising public awareness about the dangers of drug-impaired driving.
Result
Passed.