Public Safety committee  There is a whole range of sexual offences under the Criminal Code. At a drunken office party, a person who is otherwise a very law-abiding citizen commits an indiscretion—and I don't want to minimize that at all. I'm a woman and I understand that. I don't want to minimize that at

Public Safety committee  That's correct. Currently as I understand the legislation, the prosecutor is the one who initiates the registration. So the form 52 is commenced by the prosecutor and then it's the judge who decides whether or not to proceed with that procedure.

Public Safety committee  I would disagree with you. I think that already exists. In terms of the ability for the Attorney General to make a dangerous offender designation, that application comes from the Attorney General's office, but the decision is ultimately made by the judge. For a dangerous offend

Public Safety committee  Okay.

Public Safety committee  I don't know if the council has made any submissions on that, so I'll leave that aside because I just don't know the answer to that. But I can tell you that the system isn't perfect. There are lots of things that we can improve on in the present tools that we have, both in terms

Public Safety committee  Thank you. My name is Brydie Bethell, and on behalf of the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers, I'd first like to thank the committee for the opportunity of being here, as well as Mr. Baggaley and Ms. Campbell for their comments. I'd also like to commend Mr. and Mrs. St