I have given much thought to circumstances that we are seeing and we are wrestling with in relation to Canadians who are being radicalized, who are perhaps being lured to other parts of the world to support conflicts and other terrorist acts. There are a number of people who are, I think, led astray.
I think certainly by having this legislation back in place...with the recognizance, it provides with an opportunity to perhaps prevent people from engaging, from going elsewhere.
There are a number of scenarios that I could offer as examples. Say we were to learn that a group of young people were leaving Canada—perhaps the information comes from intelligence, from an international partner. They're a group of young people who are getting on a plane to go for what they believe is education. But we now know or learn, on relatively short notice, I will say, that there is an issue with where they are going and with what in fact will happen once they arrive in another part of the world, where they will be radicalized and then perhaps forced into combat or to join a group, Certainly, the recognizance and the ability to arrest for that purpose would be very helpful.
So they might not know exactly what the end result is, but we may know, and certainly it would be more in the RCMP realm and through the RCMP that they would learn about it through international partners. But certainly it provides a very useful tool.
There are other individuals for whom, if they return to Canada having been associated or involved with terrorist groups—or if information comes to us that they are closely associated—there might not be sufficient evidence to prosecute them for criminal offences here because of the parts of the world they're coming from. Certainly, there may be sufficient information that we would want to take them before a court and have conditions put on them to ensure they are not a threat to the public safety in Canada.
A part of what I would look for is conditions that would also impose, perhaps, counselling or some other help that is court-ordered, and ultimately the individuals will perhaps move further away from their extremist belief or the terrorist aspect of their belief.
The other part that I believe—