If the offender indicates the full year in advance that he or she is going to make application, there normally is enough time for that kind of work. There is absolutely no question, Madam Jennings, that for somebody who has been sitting in a penitentiary for 15 years, not all the files are readily available, and sometimes we have to go back and get them. But again, that's why it's that much more important that we engage the offenders to let them know that the sooner they let us know they are going to do that, the sooner they can seek legal counsel and the sooner they can make requests for their information. But if they wait a month before their parole eligibility date, then obviously there is not going to be enough time to get into that window.
On November 16th, 2010. See this statement in context.