Bill C-59

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the International Transfer of Offenders Act to provide that one of the purposes of that Act is to enhance public safety and to modify the list of factors that the Minister may consider in deciding whether to consent to the transfer of a Canadian offender. The enactment also amends subsection 24(1) of that Act in the event that the Serious Time for the Most Serious Crime Act receives royal assent.