Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to the witnesses, particularly Mr. Ferguson, for coming today, and as always giving us a thorough review.
This is only a kind of first brush through a number of chapters, so I may jump around a bit, but I'll be jumping around only in chapter 6, on Corrections.
I'd like to begin in particular with an observation at paragraph 6.13, the last sentence of which reads, “During the 2013–14 fiscal year, 86 percent of CSC recommendations for early release on day parole were granted by the Parole Board.”
May I take it that of one in seven cases, or 14%, where CSC recommended early release, the Parole Board did not agree?