Mr. Chair, the government does not support this amendment. As in the previous amendment, we believe it does unduly restrict the court's discretion. We can certainly imagine cases, in terms of distribution of child pornography and other things, where five years would not be a sufficient length of time. We would want the court to prohibit the continuing distribution of such images by that individual beyond that period of time. It restricts judicial discretion.
Further, as I mentioned earlier, any condition imposed on the offender can be buried in the future, upon application to the court, where there's a change in circumstance that renders the change desirable.
On that basis, we will be opposing this amendment.