This bill will make it easier to keep in prison until end of sentence sex offenders who victimize children it will tighten up parole eligibility for repeat offenders it will provide for residency conditions at time of statutory release of offenders also, it will establish a mechanism for the discipline or removal from office of National Parole Board members for cause. I hope to see the passage of this Bill completed in the fall sitting of Parliament. We have been following up actively on these recommendations. This will help Crown Attorneys better identify high-risk violent offenders early on, that is at the time of prosecution. The provinces are very supportive of the system and are appointing coordinators to expedite use of the system.
Early indications are that the number of dangerous offender applications is rising.
This project is being carried out by my Ministry in cooperation with the federal Department of Justice and several provinces, and will be completed this fall. One key change involves making an indefinite sentence of incarceration the only sentence for those found by the courts to be Dangerous Offenders. In May, Allan Rock and I convened a forum involving constitutional and legal experts, including those working with police and victims' groups, to tackle the matter of those offenders who remain dangerous at the end of the court-imposed sentence. The forum was a productive session that is assisting us in addressing some very fundamental concerns, such as constitutional questions and how we identify those offenders at greatest risk of reoffending in a violent manner. On the question of sex offenders, we have followed through on another pledge, which was to create a national system to help keep sex abusers from gaining positions of trust over children.