I want to thank you both for a lot of the information that you have brought before us.
Mr. Muise, when you came before the previous committee that was dealing specifically with Bill C-27, you talked about Paul Callow, also known as the balcony rapist. I believe there may have been one or another witness who also raised that case as an example of a repeat offender who normally should have been designated as a dangerous offender, received an indeterminate sentence, etc., and who has now been released and presents a high risk.
I was contacted over the summer by a member of Mr. Callow's family, because he is out; he is a under a section 810 recognizance order. The member of his family was quite upset with the way he is being portrayed today and the risk that he represents today and sent me a report that was compiled by Professor Michael Jackson, Queen's Counsel, at the University of British Columbia faculty of law. It was done on June 5, 2007. It's a documentary review of all of his files, all of the assessments done, the programs he participated in or did not participate in, correctional files, you name it.
It's 56 pages, and he uses the actual reports and quotes the actual reports stemming all the way back to 1987, I believe, when he was first convicted and all the way up to his actual release in February 2007. I would like to table this, because I think it's important that we don't simply rely on one or two words. I would like to quote from page 1 of this report.
In the extensive media portrayal of Mr. Callow at the time of his release, based upon information provided by the correctional and law enforcement authorities, he was in fact described as an untreated dangerous sexual offender who has either refused to undertake treatment or not responded to treatment and had shown little or no remorse for his crimes. This portrayal has fanned the flames of widespread public fear and political calls for changes to the law, including indefinite civil commitment of those believed to be dangerous sexual offenders. This portrayal of Mr. Callow is however misinformed....
He provides the documentary evidence. With the agreement of the members, If members are interested in reading the actual documentary review done by Professor Michael Jackson of Mr. Callow's case and forming their own opinion following that as to whether or not Mr. Callow remains an untreated dangerous offender with a high risk, I would ask the indulgence of the members to table a copy of this actual report.