Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a very noble cause that my colleagues have raised in terms of moving a motion asking to create a law to ban cell phone use while driving. For myself, Mr. Speaker, I’m never in favour of more laws if we don’t need it. I believe, when it comes to the safety of our constituents, our people of the Northwest Territories, that safety awareness, safety training can create a safety culture, Mr. Speaker. Safety does not mean creating more laws. Laws are about
penalizing our people with fines and even imprisonment. When we go to that extent, I don’t think it benefits anybody at all.
I think it is far better to concentrate on improving our Drive Alive campaign. It is much cheaper. You involve more people than to create disharmony amongst our people. If anything, Mr. Speaker, I would even urge our government, our employees, our departments to be leaders by instituting the no cell use with all our employees. I think that is a start.
Also our Drive Alive campaign is relatively young, Mr. Speaker. I believe we can improve on that. We can expand on that and include it as part of our licensing program as well, Mr. Speaker, or even when you get your licence reissued. So I am in favour of an educational campaign. I am in favour of a safety awareness campaign. I am in favour of creating a safety culture in the Northwest Territories. But I am not in favour of creating more laws. That is why I am not going to be supporting this motion, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.