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C-5

Third Session, Fortieth Parliament,

59 Elizabeth II, 2010

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-5

An Act to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act

first reading, March 18, 2010

MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY

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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.

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3rd Session, 40th Parliament,

59 Elizabeth II, 2010

house of commons of canada

BILL C-5

An Act to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Keeping Canadians Safe (International Transfer of Offenders) Act.

2004, c. 21

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF OFFENDERS ACT

2. Section 3 of the International Transfer of Offenders Act is replaced by the following:

Purpose

3. The purpose of this Act is to enhance public safety and to contribute to the administration of justice and the rehabilitation of offenders and their reintegration into the community by enabling offenders to serve their sentences in the country of which they are citizens or nationals.

3. (1) Subsection 10(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Factors — Canadian offenders

10. (1) In determining whether to consent to the transfer of a Canadian offender, the Minister may consider the following factors:

(a) whether, in the Minister’s opinion, the offender’s return to Canada will constitute a threat to the security of Canada;

(b) whether, in the Minister’s opinion, the offender’s return to Canada will endanger public safety, including

(i) the safety of any person in Canada who is a victim, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, of an offence committed by the offender,

(ii) the safety of any member of the offender’s family, in the case of an offender who has been convicted of an offence against a family member, or

(iii) the safety of any child, in the case of an offender who has been convicted of a sexual offence involving a child;

(c) whether, in the Minister’s opinion, the offender is likely to continue to engage in criminal activity after the transfer;

(d) whether, in the Minister’s opinion, the offender left or remained outside Canada with the intention of abandoning Canada as their place of permanent residence;

(e) whether, in the Minister’s opinion, the foreign entity or its prison system presents a serious threat to the offender’s security or human rights;

(f) whether the offender has social or family ties in Canada;

(g) the offender’s health;

(h) whether the offender has refused to participate in a rehabilitation or reintegration program;

(i) whether the offender has accepted responsibility for the offence for which they have been convicted, including by acknowledging the harm done to victims and to the community;

(j) the manner in which the offender will be supervised, after the transfer, while they are serving their sentence;

(k) whether the offender has cooperated, or has undertaken to cooperate, with a law enforcement agency; or

(l) any other factor that the Minister considers relevant.

(2) The portion of subsection 10(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Factors — Canadian and foreign offenders

(2) In determining whether to consent to the transfer of a Canadian or foreign offender, the Minister may consider the following factors:

COMING INTO FORCE

Order in council

4. This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

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Explanatory Notes

International Transfer of Offenders Act

Clause 2: Existing text of section 3:

3. The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the administration of justice and the rehabilitation of offenders and their reintegration into the community by enabling offenders to serve their sentences in the country of which they are citizens or nationals.

Clause 3: (1) Existing text of subsection 10(1):

10. (1) In determining whether to consent to the transfer of a Canadian offender, the Minister shall consider the following factors:

(a) whether the offender’s return to Canada would constitute a threat to the security of Canada;

(b) whether the offender left or remained outside Canada with the intention of abandoning Canada as their place of permanent residence;

(d) whether the foreign entity or its prison system presents a serious threat to the offender’s security or human rights.

(2) Relevant portion of subsection 10(2):

(2) In determining whether to consent to the transfer of a Canadian or foreign offender, the Minister shall consider the following factors:

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INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF OFFENDERS ACT

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