Evidence of meeting #21 for Public Safety and National Security in the 40th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was information.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Brent Rathgeber Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Do you own the intellectual property? Would it involve any proprietary problems for the inventors?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
I have one question on the privacy thing. A concern was expressed to me a couple of years ago that being on the registry may affect employment opportunities. If it's only available to the police, how can that be possible?
Chief Superintendent, Ontario Provincial Police
Sir, as you'll recall, on April 21 I used an example of where offender information was provided to an employer because the employer might not have been otherwise aware. There were, I think, the elderly in one example and children in another, and those are the only cases. Under the Ontario Police Services Act, police have authorization to release that information in those circumstances.
But you're quite right. That would be the only way that an employer would be notified: when there is a safety or security concern.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Okay. We want to thank you very much. We appreciate the information. As always, it's been very, very helpful.
We're going to suspend for just a moment because we're going in camera.
Again, thank you very much.
[Proceedings continue in camera]