I always wondered where all these bad guys go once they get to Vancouver. Is it Hawaii or Hong Kong...?
Anyway, in fairness to all the parties, I also note that there seems to be lack of precision or some confusion among these different terms of release. You've got bail release, conditional sentence, probation, conditional release, statutory release, and you've got other terms as well. It's not helpful to the conversation to have all of these terms mixed and misapplied.
In any event, I want to address a macro issue.
Our American friends realized over 40 years ago that organized crime was such. It crossed state boundaries. There was a federal interest in it and a federal constitutional jurisdiction to take steps to criminalize organized crime and the associated activity.
In Canada, I think we're still siloed. I know that police forces at all levels share information, share all manner of police intelligence, and that's been reasonably well done for 20 or 30 years. Vancouver actually appeared to lead the way back in the 1960s or 1970s with what I think was called a coordinated law enforcement unit, CLEU. I don't think that still exists, but--