Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Actually I'd like to clarify this, if that's what you took away from it. The provisions of the bill to which you were making reference will not affect how I do business because my standards are already higher than the standards that are proposed in the east region--and still, with those high standards we have 32 pending cases.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I've run out? Okay, very good.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I don't know enough about the Callow decision to make an intelligent comment, but I'd like to make this point. Dangerous offenders, of course, do in fact get released. They become eligible for release on day parole four years after they have been arrested, and they become eligible for release on full parole seven years after their arrest date, assuming they've been kept in custody, as most of them have.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  There are several provisions, as I mentioned at the outset, that provide me as a practitioner with significant assistance in terms of bringing forward to the court all of the information that the court needs to make a decision. So in that sense, of course the bill is quite helpful.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  With respect to breach of long-term supervision order, it's very important to realize that we're not looking necessarily simply for further offences. The individual was assessed by experts to begin with under his or her first part XXIV hearing, and there were, no doubt, found to be certain things that escalate the risk.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  It's a federal system. I'm not sure where the responsibility lies. I'm sorry, I can't narrow the ministry for you.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I frankly don't know a lot about the sex offender registry. I have passing knowledge of it, so I can't comment on that too much. I could find someone who is an expert in that field and have them testify here, if that is of some assistance to you. In terms of the flagging system, the initial conception was anyone who was getting close to a dangerous or long-term offender application would be flagged.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Yes, sir. Dealing with the national flagging system, the national flagging system works like this. If an individual is flagged, the crown who was prosecuting that individual for the most recent offence gathers certain information that is readily accessible at the time, such as transcripts, the court information, and that sort of thing, and submits them to the national flagging system.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  In terms of how the assessments are used, as I mentioned, the psychopathy checklist is one of the central instruments, and this book is available at Chapters. I know they have at least one copy a couple of blocks from here, because I tried to pick it up the other day and I didn't get around to it.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I can't say that it doesn't, of course. We have very strict policies in Ontario that we are not to bind the Attorney General. We are never to undertake, for example, to pursue a long-term offender designation as opposed to a dangerous offender designation. When the consent of the Attorney General is required, we take instructions from our client, the Attorney General.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Eventually, yes. The application--

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  There's a requirement existing currently, in part XXIV, that notice be given to the offender, of course, before we proceed. In the course of the notices that I prepare, and that I urge other crown attorneys in my region to prepare, is a comprehensive notice, which indicates what we are relying upon specifically.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I would ask for particulars from the crown, and the crown would no doubt be ordered to give particulars.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I can't help you with that. Do I have any time left?

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  On the 600 hours, 300 for the crown, 300 for the police, we begin this by going to the national flagging system and asking if they have any file material. We then go to the Correctional Service of Canada if the individual has a federal criminal record. In Ontario we go to the MCSCS, which is the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, to find out if he has any provincial record, and that would include the probation records, for example.