I always know what I am talking about. My family said so.
With respect to offenders on parole or statutory release they say I am always right.
With respect to offenders on parole or statutory release, the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Parole Board may issue a suspension warrant any time they deem it necessary and reasonable to protect society. Such a mandate would allow police to return the offender to custody until his case can be examined by the National Parole Board.
Through a network of officers on duty 24 hours a day and the faxing of warrants—yes, Canadians are now using modern technological equipment like fax machines—police can act promptly without having to wait for the actual warrant.
As I have just demonstrated, there is a quick and efficient procedure allowing police to intervene promptly. Nothing in the act as it now stands suggests that police should wait for hours for warrants to be faxed. The act gives police sufficient powers to act as soon as they know a warrant is on the way.
I would also like to stress that, for serious breaches, police have the power to arrest without warrant any offender on parole who commits or who police have reasonable grounds to believe has committed or is about to commit a criminal offence.
However, we have heard about many hypothetical cases where police had their hands tied. We have also heard that, in one case, police had to wait for a judge to sign a warrant before arresting a pedophile on parole spotted near a playground. If this were true, I would personally and unconditionally support the proposed changes, but these examples are completely misleading.
A judge's signature is not required to suspend the parole of a federal offender. I repeat, a judge's signature is not required to suspend the parole of a federal offender.
As I said earlier, the correctional service may, whenever and wherever it sees fit, issue a warrant to immediately suspend the parole of an offender who constitutes a threat to the community.