Justice committee  I'll address that. To get a DNA order at sentencing, the offence has to be either a primary offence or a secondary offence. If it is a primary offence, then the judge shall make a DNA order. If it is a secondary offence, the Crown can request that a DNA order be made, and it's up

Justice committee  Exactly. It's out the window. That is the problem. Because Parliament is looking to increase the period of incarceration for summary conviction offences from six months to two years, that would obviously invite the Crown, I would suggest, to proceed by summary conviction more o

Justice committee  Right.

Justice committee  We did, in fact, offer what we believe to be a solution, which is to just make those 85 offences primary offences, or list them as secondary offences.

Justice committee  Yes, we think so.

Justice committee  Thank you.