This particular amendment is a consequential amendment to the Criminal Records Act. As we know, clause 75 is by its own terms intended to be retroactive in its scope. We look at the numbers that have been suggested by the Judge Advocate General's office in terms of the number of convictions that have occurred in the last few years, upwards of 2,000, and it is suggested that about 94% of them would no longer have criminal records. This amendment would ensure that any reference to these offences would be removed from the automatic criminal records retrieval system. I guess that's code for CPIC.
By way of background, I would like to pass around a paper that was provided to us by way of explanation from the Library of Parliament.