Convicted sex offenders who want to travel outside Canada will have to alert authorities and they, in turn, may warn destination countries under changes proposed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
A new law would set up a publicly accessible national database that has information on high-risk child sex offenders. It would also improve information sharing between police and border security.
“We do not understand why child predators do the heinous things they do and, in all frankness, we don’t particularly care to,” said Harper at a news conference with dozens of Canada Border Services Agency officers standing behind him.
“What we do understand is that there are some terrible people out there, criminals of the worst kind, and that they must be dealt with.”
This is the latest initiative of the current conservative government’s tough on crime agenda.
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