Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We have the opportunity to participate in the committee's work and to examine many of the Auditor General's reports. I want to highlight the work done by the auditor and his team. He has once again submitted an excellent report to our committee. Unfortunately, the report's findings reveal a bleak situation for Correctional Service Canada.
I will provide a few examples. In part 5.9, the auditor says:
Overall, we found that Correctional Service Canada had not implemented an initial security classification process designed specifically for women offenders.
A bit further down, he says:
Overall, we found that Correctional Service Canada's delivery of correctional programs did not allow many women offenders to complete their correctional programs in time for parole.
In part 5.62, he says:
We found that Correctional Service Canada provided few women offenders with employment opportunities with CORCAN or with work releases... to help them obtain employment upon release.
The report outlines many such findings.
Mr. Ferguson, explain to us how we can make such findings today, in 2018. What explains such a bleak report for a federal government organization?