You have touched on something very important, which is that victims need to feel safe. As you know, what determines how a victim feels safe will differ for different victims. You've already heard from many witnesses before this committee about that need to feel safe, and that includes information you have heard from witnesses who have come across the accused in the community, and they weren't even aware that the accused was out.
If we're going to ask victims to have confidence in the system, we need to make sure it's transparent and that they have the information they need so that they don't run into an accused in the community when they aren't even aware. As I said in my earlier testimony, I know many provinces, but not all, have notification systems in place, usually through victims services. This is the information I received from the Policy Centre for Victim Issues. For example, I know in one of the territories they don't. In others they are working toward that, and on a positive note, many of the provinces that don't have that system in place are working to do that.
We want to ensure that the victims are going to have confidence in the system, that they are informed. I won't go through the recommendations that I made in my testimony again, but all those issues about ensuring they feel they are included and are informed.