If I may, the fact that the information is available doesn't make it a criminal record in Canada. All it does is provide information of a foreign record of some sort.
When an offender transfers to Canada, while it doesn't create a conviction in Canada, it is recorded in our files, in CSC files, and all over--in CPIC as well. That's why, when the ITOA was put in place, the Criminal Records Act was also amended, so that basically the record that is created is treated as if it were a record in Canada.