The current situation is fairly straightforward. Since CBSA is not the law enforcement agency, they cannot share information with the registry. This makes Canada blind whenever a high-risk sexual offender travels across the world.
As a parallel, we have a little bit of the same situation when we have terrorists travelling abroad. Canada cannot become a net exporter of terrorists, nor of sexual predators. That's why we need to enable our own federal agencies to share information so that neither terrorists nor sexual predators can take advantage of the gap we have in our legislation. That's why I'm fully supporting the initiative of Minister MacKay and why we're seeking your approval this afternoon to get this bill moved forward, to close the gap and make sure, for those who would take advantage of the lack of communication that is now forbidden under the law, that's the past; if they leave the country to commit criminal offences, such as sexual offences, this information will come back into the country.