Mr. Speaker, the sex offender registry was set up in consultation with the provinces and territories. It was unanimously agreed that they did not want retroactivity. However, there has been a movement to deal with the province of Ontario because in fact it does have an existing sex offender registry. In that case we will work with the province to incorporate it within the existing registry as proposed.
In the House of Commons on December 13th, 2002. See this statement in context.