The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its

SIXTEENTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-212, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to repeal a regulation, has, in obedience to the order of reference of November 3, 2022, examined the said bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:

1.Clause 11, pages 6 and 7:

(a) On page 6,

(i) replace line 31 with the following:

“(3) The prior approval of the Minister is not required

(a) for”, and

(ii) replace line 35 with the following:

“that has been imposed for an offence; and

(b) to disclose the existence of the record to a police force in prescribed circumstances when that police force considers the disclosure to be desirable in the interest of the administration of justice or for any purpose related to the safety or security of Canada or any state allied or associated with Canada.”; and

(b) on page 7, delete lines 28 to 34.

2.Clause 21, page 10: Add the following after line 14:

“(c.12) prescribing circumstances for the purposes of paragraph 6.1(3)(b);”.

3.Clause 24, page 11: Replace line 6 with the following:

“(Subsection 6.3(2) and sections 7 and 7.2)”.

4.Clause 25, page 11: Replace line 10 with the following:

“(Subsection 6.3(2) and sections 7 and 7.2)”.

Respectfully submitted,