Bill C-13: Retroactivity Amendment Making Progress

The Justice Committee met yesterday for discussions re: Bill C-13 and there was unanimous agreement that the retroactivity amendment makes sense. If passed, this will mean that offenders like Karla Homolka, Ralph Power and David Dobson will be forced to submit their DNA into the Databank. My understanding is that it means we can legally go back and get the DNA of any offender who has been convicted of 1 murder, 1 sexual assault or 1 manslaughter. Currently the law says things like you have to murdered at least 2 people etc. How nuts is that? So anyhow, I feel great about this progress and I'm getting ready to go back to the hill once again! The Minister of Justice will be at the next Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 10th and together with Steve Sullivan from the CRCVC (www.crcvc.ca), we want to urge the gov't to fast-track this change. I've also written a letter to Vic Toews - the Justice Critic - urging him to help make this happen NOW not later. The clock is ticking. Karla Homolka is out in July!