Public Safety committee  I know that the 13 “non-sexual”--

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  You're correct, absolutely.

Public Safety committee  For one thing, I do not believe the Ontario legislation includes the 13 so-called “non-sexual” offences in its legislation, whereas in the federal legislation we do include those. I believe that offence for offence it pretty much matches. Everything that's included in the Ontari

Public Safety committee  I'll give it a try. With respect to the geo-mapping issue, as I indicated earlier, it is an issue that goes to the heart of the operation of the sex offender registry rather than the legislation. I guess it's a decision the RCMP, the group responsible for both the maintenance an

Public Safety committee  I can make a couple of comments on two of the issues that Mr. Ménard raised, one issue being the fact that information regarding the death of a sex offender is not able to be registered. In fact, one of the proposed reforms does call for a change that, essentially, would allow fo

Public Safety committee  If I can add to that, though, the point I think you're raising is that the administration of the initiative is in fact the responsibility of the provinces and territories. The resources come from these jurisdictions. That's why you may see a difference in terms of application acr

Public Safety committee  Inspector Nezan quoted a compliance rate of about 94%, if I'm not mistaken.

Public Safety committee  As Ms. Campbell has indicated, my remarks will be very brief. They will focus on two key aspects of the legislation, namely, the registration process and the reporting process. I have copies of my presentation. If anybody needs them, I'd certainly be happy to share them with yo

Public Safety committee  I'm the director of corrections programs and community development with Public Safety Canada. I've been working on this file for many years.