That's my understanding about it as well, but the other issue is that in certain parts of the country we don't have proper cell service and stuff like that, so if you make it mandatory and the person's in a place where it's not even going to work, it's just useless. It's expensive and it gives people a false sense of security, and the people that are responsible for paying for it.... Those are some of the arguments that were brought up.
In fairness, I understand what the intention is, but it won't even work in a lot of places in Canada. You'd have a whole bunch of people with bracelets, but for what? People think they're safe, but they don't have cell service and they can't.... That's a problem too.