Thank you for that information.
Perhaps I could ask one question, Mr. Chair, if there is any time, and if not I'll ask it on the second round. I know the member for Yukon has a question.
I have a large correctional facility in my riding: the Dorchester prison and the Westmorland Institution. Some of the correctional officers who work at the Dorchester Penitentiary have told me over the last number of years that they have some concerns with respect to institutional security. I know the minister might say that his colleague is doing a terrific job at the Department of Public Safety--we've heard that before--but I'm wondering whether in preparing his legislation the minister had any input from the union representing correctional officers, who shared with me, albeit anecdotally, real concerns about removing the faint hope, and what that might mean to institutional security for the staff who work in the prison as well as the other inmates.