Thank you for being here.
You have heard the previous witnesses. We have the numbers. Mr. McIsaac, I would like to know how it can be that in Canada, people who have been sentenced to life spend an average of 28.5 years in prison today. Is there an explanation? We are told that murderers are always released too soon, but people who have been convicted of murder are now spending 28.5 years in prison. I would like to understand what has happened or what is happening to make the time in prison longer—not a lot, but longer—than in Europe or elsewhere.