During our committee meetings, we certainly asked a lot of questions of Mr. Erasmus. One of the concerns was whether this should be applied in communities. 1, of course, had a concern about my community; Yellowknife. I think it is quite obvious that there is a need for this on highways. That is a certainty. My area of concern was what happens in the very small communities that have vehicles, but they don't have access to automatic features that need to be installed in order to turn it on automatically.
I feel that this is a good bill the way it stands and I will support it. The one thing I realize is that, as time goes by, this bill will likely be redundant because old cars, like the one I drive, eventually give out. As a matter of fact, I have a few old cars. I just have to get into the habit of pulling that switch on. Either that, or I get four or five of these automatic things installed. I understand that that is going to cost me about $50 or $100 to do. I don't have a problem now with it, but I still have a bit of concern for the communities because a fine is imposed and it is difficult for people there to get these automatic mechanisms. So, Madam Chair, I do support the bill the way it stands.
