Mr. Speaker, I was on a roll about all the things that are wrong with this bill and I am not even a critic in this area. I just walked in here, asked a page to give me a copy of the bill so that I could speak intelligently on it and got as far as page two in my speech. I would like to have the opportunity to go right to the end of the bill, there are so many things that are so offensive in it. I do not understand how this member, who generally stands up for the family, for marriage and for the protection of citizens, at least in words, would even contemplate being in favour of this bill.
One of the most absurd things in the bill is that the offender is required to show up 15 days after he is released to tell things like his name, his aliases, if there are any, and any distinguishing marks on his body. He has to tell them. This is not rocket science. They have the guy in custody. Surely they know his name. Surely if he has some distinguishing marks on his body, they could detect them. Why not have a bill which provides that the police, the officials at the prison where he is being kept or the institution enter this information? Why do we have say he has to register it?
There is also a deal about penalties if the offenders do not register: We have to go find them again. Generally these are people who commit crime after crime of this nature. How many more offences will this person commit before he ever registers and how is that going to help the police to conduct an investigation on those new crimes after he is released?