Public Safety committee  That's correct. No new money came with the burden when we were mandated to maintain it.

Public Safety committee  I wasn't around, unfortunately, when the legislation was brought in, so I'm not sure about that.

Public Safety committee  I'd like to go back to the funding aspect again. As Inspector Nezan said, when we were mandated by the Sex Offender Information Registration Act to maintain the database, no funding came with it. As of today, we have to maintain the policy centre, which costs us approximately $40

Public Safety committee  Right.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  By the orders, do you mean the order at the time they're on the registry?

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  There's nothing new, really.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  That's a difficult one to answer. I think it's one that would need more study. It hasn't been looked at really, so--

Public Safety committee  It was Inspector Nezan, actually, who did the presentation. Prior to that, it was Deputy Commissioner Martin, our deputy commissioner at the time.

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's correct.

Public Safety committee  I was going to add that in the case of the national sex offender registry we're missing vehicle data at the present time because we're not allowed to record that. Oftentimes in the case of a sexual assault, that's basically all you may have to go on. I recall a case out west ab

Public Safety committee  The other point, too, that we have to remember, as Chief Superintendent Lines referred to earlier, is that in a lot of cases you may be able to eliminate suspects. In that case, the police can divert their energy and resources to narrow their investigation. It's difficult to meas

Public Safety committee  No, not to this point in time.