Bill C-5

3rd Session, 40th Parliament,

59-60 Elizabeth II, 2010-2011

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

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

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF OFFENDERS ACT

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

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:

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 will constitute a threat to the security of Canada;

(b) whether the offender’s return to Canada, while they are serving their sentence, 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 the offender is likely to continue to engage in criminal activity, after the transfer, while they are serving their sentence;

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

(e) whether 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) [Deleted]

(i) [Deleted]

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

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

(l) [Deleted]

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

(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

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