Mr. Speaker, in concert with the Solicitor General and the Minister of Health, we are releasing a discussion paper on the whole question of a national child sex abuse register for the protection of children to adapt existing technology to permit us to store for retrieval in appropriate circumstances particulars of convictions for sexual abuse. Protection of children in cases such as the one referred to by the hon. member is our paramount concern.
After we have the benefit of the views of Canadians including the provincial authorities on the alternatives set out in our discussion paper, we will put in place a national register with respect to those convicted of child sexual abuse.
As I informed the House last week, our objective is to have that in place in the fall of this year.