Public Safety committee  That's the third request? Would you restate the request?

Public Safety committee  All right. You want to have a document on that?

Public Safety committee  In its two-year reintegration plan, the Correctional Service acknowledges the utility and essential nature of programs. When an inmate arrives at intake, he is taken in and an intake assessment is conducted. That inmate's needs are evaluated in "criminogenic" terms and in terms o

Public Safety committee  Of course there are more requests than what we can offer.

Public Safety committee  The largest part of the Correctional Service's budget goes to fixed costs.

Public Safety committee  We've made submissions to the Treasury Board and, under the transformation agenda, received additional funding that we've just reinvested in programs. Our three-year plan has just been approved about two months ago. We intend to invest more, up to $5 million next year and $5 mill

Public Safety committee  Yes, I can provide that document to you. That's not a problem. However, you should know that, in the mental health treatment centres, there is an institutional head who manages the institution and, at the same time, a clinical director. When the doctor treating the individual re

Public Safety committee  If patients stay in transfer wings for a long time because no one wants them, that's unacceptable. However, you should know that, under the policy, it is the referring institutional head who has the last word when a transfer is made. The fact that the other person is less open a

Public Safety committee  I promise to provide you with the details on waiting times by institution and by program.

Public Safety committee  We have challenges to work with in improving the system. We're not going to sit here and say we don't have challenges and everything is great. As to mental health, there are a series of things we're concerned with. We're sharing best practices with specialized agencies and the co

Public Safety committee  It would present additional challenges. Obviously we would have to enhance our capacity to address those needs based on the demands we identify through assessment and identification indices after the intake assessment. The computerized assessment tools will help us do the screeni

Public Safety committee  To illustrate what you said, if we take aboriginal offenders, for example, basically we are at the receiving end of the issue. Most of the issues are not only multi-faceted—multidimensionnel, comme on dit en français—but they are also very complex. They are societal issues that r

Public Safety committee  Let me be very specific with respect to the community mental health services that are provided. I can tell you specifically, approximately 50 new positions were created in support of the community mental health services--30 in the community at 16 separate parole offices. In addit

Public Safety committee  In terms of recognizing that mental health issues are serious challenges for the Correctional Service of Canada, we agree with Mr. Saper on this. Where we disagree is where he says that no progress has been made. Since 2002 the Correctional Service of Canada has been working ve

Public Safety committee  I would recognize we probably have some challenges in some areas, but I am not aware of any specific offender who's been diagnosed for mental health issues whose needs have not been attended to. Where we do not have, on site, a professional--for example, if someone quits--we have