I'll be brief.
Since the requirement will now be on the crown to lead this evidence, if this bill is passed, rather than suggesting that they can do it. This might be a strange question, but when they're proving a fact or submitting the evidence, the fact that the accused has previously been convicted of a criminal offence, would it never come up since it was “may”? Now that it's a requirement to do so, does it make sense to specify that it be a criminal offence committed in Canada, or is this any criminal offence having been committed that the crown is now required to adduce evidence on?