Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First of all, I want to thank the witnesses for their evidence. We did receive the handout from the John Howard Society. I noticed that the other parties were referring to some text. It might be quite helpful to us, if it didn't impinge on your rights, to give us copies of those, which the clerk could distribute. There were some figures in there that were quite interesting.
There has been a lot of talk and concern about the victims. I think that's fair game; we're concerned about them as well as the criminals. In that light I would defer mostly in this line of questioning to you, Mrs. Gray-Donald, relative to whom you represent and how you get your information.
I feel the passion and the emotion of what you said--I represent a community, and I mean, it's all through Canada. I was wondering if you could give us a brief overview of your clients: who they are; how they come to you; how you determine, when you make a statement, that you have statistical, objective evidence to back it up, because we do all understand and feel the emotional, subjective side of it.