Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can certainly, as I said I would to Mr. Hawkins, take a look at the issue of a registry and see whether or not that would work in the Northwest Territories. In this sort of situation, the new Youth Criminal Justice Act would allow a different approach, and that is an intensive supervision program. So in the future with this kind of offender, it's likely that there would be a more intensive supervision program in place that would reduce the chances of this kind of offence happening again. Unfortunately, that wasn't in place when he was released the last time. I'm referring to the individual in this case, Mr. Speaker, because the Member is right; the sentence has been issued in this case that she's referring to. I do think that in the future with that kind of support, there's less chance that this sort of reoffence would happen. But the federal law has changed in the interim since his previous release. So I've already answered the first part of her question and to the second part, the federal law has changed to allow a different kind of supervision to ensure this sort of thing doesn't happen again.
Charles Dent on Question 4-15(3): Rising Crime Rate And Public Protection
In the Legislative Assembly on March 16th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 4-15(3): Rising Crime Rate And Public Protection
Question 4-15(3): Rising Crime Rate And Public Protection
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 15th, 2004
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