Is expanding the use of tasers is a positive step in reducing deadly force?

In the wake of the Sammy Yatim shooting last month, more Ontario police officers will carry tasers in order to restrain culprits without deadly force. But tasers had been limited in the province because of their potential dangers stemming from the taser death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver's airport six years ago. Do you think expanding the use of tasers is a positive step in reducing deadly force?