Most of you will have seen the Integrated Justice Information Action Plan. This Plan outlines the measures that the federal government is undertaking to strengthen the effective sharing of offender and crime-related information within the criminal justice system. I also applaud the important work that is being done in the provinces and territories. There have already been great strides in your own integrated justice programs. Ontario s Integrated Justice Project is perhaps the largest such undertaking in North America.
Technology is ever-changing and is altering every aspect of our lives.
It is providing new opportunities to link federal, provincial and territorial criminal justice information systems like never before. This includes the criminal justice system. We know that the opportunity exists for greater co-operation on this front, especially in the spirit of the Social Union Framework Agreement. Improved partnerships between all levels of government are crucial to ensure that criminals do not slip through the cracks. By working together, we can achieve this goal faster, better, cheaper, and smarter, than working in isolation.