Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  That's why large-scale fraud should be excluded from accelerated parole review.

Public Safety committee  If the parole board determines that the person is likely to commit a non-violent crime, the board must release anyway. That's true.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. The Quebec Superior Court has made it clear that until the Parole Board makes a decision and exercises its discretion, release is not possible. People have argued in court that because their client is a white-collar criminal and there's absolutely no sign of

Public Safety committee  Correct.

Public Safety committee  Two things: paragraph 11(a) of the charter and section 7 of the charter. There is already a case called Abel v. Edmonton Institution for Women, in which the court in Alberta has ruled that when APR was taken away from someone who had committed her crime when APR was available, w

Public Safety committee  --based itself on the Supreme Court's decision in Gamble and on a decision of the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland. Apart from paragraph 11(a), there is section 7. Section 7—

Public Safety committee  Okay.

Public Safety committee  That's what I said.

Public Safety committee  Okay. Thank you very much. That's good of you. With regard to short sentences, you have to understand that people do not receive parole on short sentences. APR changes the calculation. With accelerated parole review, the board has an obligation to release people at a defined poi

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I'm going to speak for myself and on behalf of my colleague, Maître Jacinthe Lanctôt. We're from the Association des avocats et avocates en droit carcéral du Québec, which has existed since 1992. We represent the lawyers in Quebec who have specialized prison and paro