The Chair ruled that the following two (2) amendments were consequential to the previous amendment and therefore they were also inadmissible:
That Bill C-479 be amended by adding before line 6 on page 1 the following new clause:“1.1 (1) Paragraph 26(1)(a) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of subparagraph (iii), by striking out “and” at the end of subparagraph (iv) and by adding the following after subparagraph (iv):
(v) the date, if any, on which the offender is to be released on temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release,
(vi) any of the conditions attached to the offender’s temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release, and
(vii) the destination of the offender on any temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release, whether the offender will be in the vicinity of the victim while travelling to that destination and the reasons for any temporary absence; and
(2) Subparagraph 26(1)(b)(iii) of the Act is repealed.
(3) Subparagraphs 26(1)(b)(v) and (vi) of the Act are repealed.
(4) Paragraph 26(1)(b) of the Act is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (vii):
(vii.1) information pertaining to the offender’s correctional plan, including information regarding the offender’s progress towards meeting the objectives of the plan.
(5) Section 26 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
(1.1) The Commissioner must disclose the information referred to in subparagraphs (1)(a)(v) to (vii) at least 14 days before the offender in question is to be released.
(1.2) If a victim makes a request to the Commissioner under subsection (1) in respect of the information relating to an offender and, subsequent to that initial request, there are changes to that information, the Commissioner shall, in accordance with that subsection, disclose any such changes to the victim, unless the victim notifies the Commissioner that he or she does not wish to be so informed.”
That Bill C-479, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 6 and 7 on page 1 with the following:
“2. (1) Section 123 of the Act is amended by”