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{
"time": "2016-05-03 17:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gagan Sikand",
"fr": "M. Gagan Sikand"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4319626\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, to the best of my knowledge, it is being used in the United States, specifically California. I believe similar devices are being used in Australia.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4319627\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I do not know of any charter challenges that may have occurred in those jurisdictions, but I believe this passive alcohol sensor would survive a charter challenge, as I stated in my speech, due to Dedman v. The Queen. It pretty much states that it is a reasonable limit to regulate, because when one has a driver's licence, it is pretty much a privilege, and in order to keep others safe, that is a reasonable grounds to interfere on someone's rights of driving.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4319626\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, \u00e0 ma connaissance, on l'utilise aux \u00c9tats-Unis, en particulier en Californie. Je crois que des d\u00e9tecteurs semblables sont \u00e9galement utilis\u00e9s en Australie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4319627\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ignore s'il y a eu des contestations judiciaires \u00e0 ces endroits, mais je crois que l'utilisation du d\u00e9tecteur d'alcool passif r\u00e9sisterait \u00e0 une contestation fond\u00e9e sur la Charte, comme je l'ai indiqu\u00e9 dans mon discours, en raison de l'arr\u00eat <em>Dedman c. La Reine</em>, dans lequel on indique grosso modo que c'est une limite raisonnable, car la possession d'un permis de conduire est essentiellement un privil\u00e8ge, et que la volont\u00e9 d'assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 d'autrui constitue un motif raisonnable d'emp\u00eacher une personne de conduire.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/5/3/gagan-sikand-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gagan-sikand/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4374/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8892358",
"h1": {
"en": "Private Members' Business",
"fr": "Initiatives Parlementaires"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": "Le Code criminel"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/5/3/",
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}
}