Well, I think there are a lot of different studies out there on what reduces recidivism and what does not. I think if you're going to make a question about that, about what is the best plan.... I think if we're going to look as a country about protecting victims—and you've heard me talk about that continuum, about the need—it's not an either-or here. We need to look at prevention. We need to look at the time of crime. We need to look at afterwards in terms of that.
Again, I'm here for the victims. As Alain was saying, we've heard victims here talk about the impact. We know that 83% of the cost of crime in this country is borne by victims. We know about the lifelong impact; we have two witnesses here who are telling you about that and their needs. You've heard from other witnesses. I know that. This committee hears from many victims who talk about the need to have this, and I'm going to go back to that. They need information. On your comment about identifying victims, that would obviously be a concern as well.
But my understanding is the need for the public registry.... These are decisions that are already being made across the country. I absolutely agree with you that it would be.... I've heard from previous witnesses, and we would hope the federal government continues to have those conversations with the provinces and territories. There can be some kind of consistency. I too have looked at the Alberta and the Manitoba websites. If you look at the conditions even to remove people from their websites, you see that they're different. We really do need to have a national conversation about that.