CBC Forum: When should courts and police be allowed to take your DNA?

An Ontario man convicted of animal abuse has been ordered to give a DNA sample in case he commits crimes in the future.

Justice Micheline Rawlins of Ontario Superior Court this past week ordered the man to submit his DNA to a national police databank used to solve crimes, telling court, "people who become serial killers begin with small animals."

In P.E.I. last year, RCMP asked residents near a string of burglaries to voluntarily submit their DNA.

Both cases raised concerns from civil liberties groups, which argue DNA collection erodes privacy and violates civil rights.

We want to hear from you: When should courts and police be allowed to take your DNA? Should animal abuse cases warrant submitting DNA? If not, what does?

Weigh in below via CBC Forum, where we welcome a different kind of discussion on our website.

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