The Ontario government is proposing legislative changes that would ban sex offenders from legally changing their names, and require stricter regulations for the monitoring and supervision of sex offenders.
The move to update the current legislation, known as Christopher’s Law, was announced in a Nov. 15 government release.
“By introducing changes to make Christopher’s Law more effective, we’re giving police new tools to prevent, investigate, and solve egregious sex crimes to protect those most vulnerable, especially our children,” Solicitor General Michael Kerzner said in the release.
The government said the changes will prevent sex offenders from hiding their identities to commit new crimes….