I've almost forgotten the question I wanted to ask you. I deplore the fact that correctional officers continue to be the target of assaults and that nothing is being done because of a legislative matter. This situation does nothing to improve workplace safety. Moreover, the knowledge that the workplace is not safe is in no way an incentive for people to apply for work as correctional officers.
Perhaps you could submit to the committee the exact wording of the legislative changes you are seeking, especially in the area of privacy protection, and identify for the committee the legislative changes that are needed in order to rectify the situation. In my opinion, this is important.
You also alluded to the Kingston Penitentiary. I visited this institution on two or three occasions. I toured G wing where I saw some inmates. I was also the target of numerous insults because I was a woman. I would not want to qualify the experience. Suffice to say that it was rather unpleasant.
Given the new realities of the fight against terrorism and national security issues, you are confronted with new challenges. You have a mandate to manage inmates as well as persons who are in custody but have yet to be formally charged.
Explain to me if you will what goes on at Kingston Penitentiary, the so called Guantanamo North, where people were held in custody under security certificates and treated as prisoners, even though they had not yet been formally charged? Who is responsible for these matters today and what has become of this wing?