Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his work on this file.
Last week I tabled legislation that will make the DNA data bank a more effective criminal justice tool. Now a DNA order will be automatic, without exception, for 16 serious crimes. Murder and conspiracy to attempted murder will be included in a list of offences that require DNA samples. This simplifies the DNA rules so that police and crown attorneys have a lower administrative burden when it comes to obtain and process DNA samples.
These changes make this tool even more valuable and effective, and this bill is one more way in which the government is making Canada a safer place to live.