Yes, absolutely. It's really critical information for a lot of people who want to have an assurance of where the person is or the vicinity. Sometimes you might just know they're in a city like Ottawa, for example, or they're allowed to travel into a city on a pass or for a certain escorted period, something like that.
One of the problems now within this system is that victims aren't notified each time a person has been given privileges from the hospital. For example, I was at a review board hearing yesterday In Brockville. We learned in that hearing that the person is in a community basically every day working at a local agency, and also that the hospital has given him privileges to travel to visit family members in a certain cottage region outside of Ottawa. The victim will not be notified each time he travels on a pass like that to visit family members.
That's concerning when you don't know where you might bump into someone, especially someone who's caused such serious harm to you or your loved ones.