Mr. Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

I have just one last question.

You mentioned “evidence” and that when there were previous attempts to update the sex offender registry, maybe there wasn't enough evidence to add this to it.

However, we heard evidence—specifically from the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and Humane Canada—on the strong link of sexual abuse of animals leading to sexual abuse of children. The evidence we heard as a committee in the course of this study would suggest that it does make sense and it's consistent to add this.