Ottawa plans to introduce legislation that would allow the federal government to routinely notify Washington when Canadians convicted of sexual offences against children travel to the U.S.
Ottawa plans to introduce legislation that would allow the federal government to routinely notify Washington when Canadians convicted of sexual offences against children travel to the United States.the government for years to share travel information on convicted pedophiles as the U.S. has been doing since 2016. The issue has recently been discussed at the ministerial level of both governments.
“I just want to make it clear that child sexual exploitation is heinous. I am taking it and the government is taking it very seriously and we do want to move quickly on this file,” he said. In Canada, child sexual offenders must report within seven days before leaving the country the dates of their departure and return, and every address or location at which they expect to stay outside the country.
“We are looking at both timelines and thresholds so that we can provide greater notice to Americans so that they are able to be alerted when somebody may be attempting to travel into their country if they are a child sexual offender,” Mr. Mendicino said. He added, though, that any move to lower the risk threshold would have to meet the test of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.has access to the manifests of U.S.
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