On the issue of whether there is an overlap with the federal and provincial law, as indicated earlier the provinces are operating in their child protection power. We're operating under the criminal law power with this stand-alone statute.
There are many examples where provincial and federal law is complementary. I'm thinking of impaired driving, for example. We have provisions in the Criminal Code. The provinces also have a whole range of quasi-criminal offences under their highway traffic legislation. And in some cases a person can be liable to both sets of penalties, and in others, not. This is similar to that.
We also see that in terms of domestic violence. The provinces have domestic violence legislation that's complementary to the Criminal Code charges that may be at play with respect to assault, or whatever applies. It's the same here.
The provinces have called upon the federal government repeatedly for federal legislation in this area. They have also pursued their own approaches, but we believe they will act hand in glove and there won't be any sense of duplication. That's why our legislation also provides for the reporting requirements, that if you report under one statute you have discharged your obligations under the other. So if a person is in Manitoba and reports the tip under that legislation, they're also deemed to have reported under this legislation. But as Mr. Woodworth has noted, we want to make sure that they are also required to preserve the data, so there may be some need to refine clause 10 to make that clear. But to date none of our provincial colleagues have expressed concern that this legislation will impact theirs negatively.