Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  The 90 days was considered to be a reasonable period of time to actually bring the application forward, but as the minister has explained, and as correctional officials will explain when they come here, prisoners are assisted well before the end of the 15th year to get their mate

Justice committee  Yes, sir. Before 1979, the average incarceration period for murder was 15.8 years. Afterwards, it was 28.4 years, and today, as you mentioned, another study....

Justice committee  According to a 1999 study, it was 18.4 years. Three or four years ago, the Correctional Service of Canada did another study, but I am not familiar with those numbers. You said 22.8 years?

Justice committee  I will check.

Justice committee  I spoke to people at the Correctional Service of Canada. According to them, no one committed murder again. The 15 people were returned to custody because they violated the terms of their release, with respect to drug and alcohol issues. That is what I was told, but I will clarify