This is not my area of expertise, but I can try to help you a bit in terms of the sentencing options.
Basically, the committee will know that Bill C-27 proposes some reforms to the dangerous offender provisions. That's one provision, or regime or framework, that exists within the Criminal Code right now to deal with serious violent repeat offenders, and there is, as well, a long-term offender regime. So an offender may not quite meet the dangerous offender designation, but may still be found by the court to pose a serious risk of reoffending to the community and can be found a long-term offender and can be subject to a community supervision order, and conditions that go with that, up to 10 years.
The courts also have an option under sentencing. At the time of sentencing an accused who's been found guilty of committing one of the child sexual offences that are enumerated in section 161 of the Criminal Code, the court can impose a prohibition against that accused that can last up to a lifetime to stay away from designated areas where children are known to be found, and not to seek or obtain paid or volunteer employment where children will be. So there's that other component to try to prevent a known sex offender from having an opportunity to reoffend.
In addition to that, there is also recognizance in the Criminal Code, section 810.1, dealing with persons about whom it's feared they may commit a sexual offence against a child—they haven't committed an offence yet, but there's that fear. There's a process to bring it before the court and have, basically, a restraining order that can last up to a year. Bill C-27 would deal with that and increase it for up to two years.
Those are the main ones that I can bring to the committee's attention. If you have an interest in much more specifics, I would volunteer one of my colleagues.