This break, however, can be replaced by a break of at least 15 minutes followed by another of at least 30 minutes, distributed over the driving period in such a way as to comply with the general rule of at least 45 minutes break for every 4,5 hours of driving.

When I said that, generally speaking, the committee had worked for a year and a half and we had yet to find any scientific study to prove that marijuana was harmful—in small quantities, of course—except for the matter of driving in a straight line, I saw you nodding your head.

Some of the important measures instituted over the last eight and a half years by the government to ensure that this high ethical standard is maintained and strengthened even further have included: the fulfillment of the pledge to appoint an ethics counsellor, which was done in consultation with the opposition leaders in this House; the tabling of a revised and strengthened code of conduct for public office holders, overseen by the ethics counsellor; the introduction of the toughest legislation in the world for regulating lobbyists; and our support for a motion that increased the frequency of reporting to parliament by Canada's audito ...[+++]r general.