Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It's my pleasure as the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to welcome you to the sixth meeting of our study on the state of organized crime.
It's a pleasure to be here in Edmonton today. We appreciate all the witnesses who have taken time out of their day to be here. We're going to have a full day of hearings in Edmonton. Previously we have had meetings in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, and we're prepared and ready to listen to ways in which we might understand the state of organized crime in Canada and perhaps even make improvements with respect to it.
We will be hearing from each of the witnesses or groups of witnesses for a period of 10 minutes. We would remind witnesses to keep a certain rhythm when speaking so the translators can keep up. Some people are so excited about and into what they are saying that they often speak quite quickly. That is difficult for the translation services to pick up.
With that reminder, I'm going to introduce our panel of witnesses this morning, including: Harvey Cenaiko, the chairman of the National Parole Board; Jan Fox, the district director of the Alberta/Northwest Territories district office of the Correctional Service of Canada; and Hugo Foss, the psychologist for the Alberta/Northwest Territories district office of the Correctional Service of Canada.
Welcome.
We also have Roy Louis with us today. He's a member of the citizen advisory committee for the National Aboriginal Advisory Council.
Good morning.
Finally, from Public Prosecution Service of Canada, we have with us Greg Rice, senior counsel and team leader in the Edmonton regional office.
Welcome and good morning to you all. We'll start with the statements from each of the witnesses for 10 minutes. We'll keep neither a liberal nor a conservative but a reasonable watch on the time, so that you can get your views out.
We'll start with you, Mr. Cenaiko.