Justice committee  Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, thank you for this invitation and the opportunity to share our thoughts with you. I welcome the opportunity to discuss Bill C-9 with you. Thank you again for the invitation. The Association des services de rehabilitation sociale du Qué

Justice committee  I think it would primarily be the responsibility of the justice department. It would also depend on the tools at the government's disposal to undertake research on this issue. Despite all the research that we have done using government and other statistics, we have found that the

Justice committee  Yes. I'd like to make a comment concerning supervision. I take exception to the fact that it's considered a joke. In preparation for this appearance today, yesterday we met with two front line workers who work with conditional releasees to verify, at least empirically, some of th

Justice committee  I'll let Mr. Cusson answer.

Justice committee  That's why we like multifactorial systems, because reality is not simple. Reality includes all sorts of factors, and dangerousness is not defined by just one factor; that is, the offence. Dangerousness is defined by all sorts of other factors that have to be taken into account an

Justice committee  Out of all of the cases of workers monitoring conditional sentences in the community, we see no indication of individuals similar to those who are frightening people at the Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau International Airport. If there were some, and there is no indication of that, we co

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can guarantee you that this will take less than 10 minutes. I don't intend to overwhelm you with statistics, which you most certainly already have, and I will keep my comments brief. First of all, on behalf of the Association des services de réhabilit

Justice committee  Not recently. I haven't spoken to any prison guards recently, no.

Justice committee  I'm sorry, could you repeat it?

Justice committee  Not really. I don't have any comments on that because I think it's a question of opinion. I don't deal with opinions; I deal in facts.

Justice committee  To my recollection, when it was introduced in 1976 it was introduced in the context of the government deciding to withdraw the death penalty from the books. In the discussions that occurred in the House of Commons in those days, there was a compromise that with the withdrawal of

Justice committee  Well, I would say it's very difficult to predict with certainty. However, one could suspect that if someone is without hope for 25 years and therefore has less incentive to maintain acceptable behaviour, the changes could increase the level of violence in the institutions.

Justice committee  I'm sorry, I did not submit a brief, so I don't know what text you're referring to.

Justice committee  The document I brought in today was not translated, so I don't know which document you're referring to.

Justice committee  That is why I was a bit confused.