If I could begin with your first question—with respect to the obligations that this proposes on the chief justice—I appreciate the intention behind this provision to give victims notice, but I do not think this information would be in the possession of the chief justice of the province where the offence took place. In fact, what occurs now is that victims register with Correctional Service of Canada after the offender has been convicted, so they will have notice of all the information they're entitled to and CSC will have their contact information. Perhaps they want it to go via somebody else or to be sent to a box number or whatever or by e-mail. All that information is kept in their registry. It's not in the hands of the chief justice.
I wouldn't want to suggest that the Correctional Service of Canada would have an ability to automatically advise the chief justice of the province in which that offence was committed that the 15-year mark is coming up. So perhaps this could be achieved another way. I think it is achieved to some extent now through the notification that CSC provides to registered victims. Without having an opportunity to inquire of our colleagues at CSC and of associations of chief judges as to whether this is possible, it may be problematic to put such obligations on them. That's with respect to the first part of the question.
In terms of when this notice would be provided—assuming there is eligibility at the 15-year mark—any notification would have to be provided to the victims before the 15-year mark, although from some of our discussions with victims over many years, they say that date is etched in their memory. They are made aware of 15 years, and it approaches them more quickly than they'd like it to. But it would be done at the 15-year mark, and then again if the next application was five years later.