Thank you very much to all the witnesses.
It's funny, because one of my colleagues asked a question in the House of Commons right before the Christmas break and she mentioned that a program.... I'm going to continue in French because the question was asked in French.
Unfortunately, cuts to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness have affected the intensive supervision program for offenders. I don't know if you're familiar with it, but it's for offenders who are considered dangerous or high-risk. By the way, it seems that we don't know what the definition is.
Furthermore, you know that the Criminal Code already provides for a National Sex offender Registry. I would like to know how creating a new registry can actually be useful to the police or to people who are responsible for ensuring the safety of victims and the community as a whole. How will they be able to operate if, unfortunately, the government continues to cut back or, as someone put it, pulls the rug out from under them?
Sharing information and cooperating with the police is good, but we know that they can't even update the screening and criminal records check programs, which has led to certain problems. What will they be able to do?
I would simply like to know what you think about these cuts. What kind of program would you recommend?