Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you very much to the witnesses for appearing before our committee today. This is very sobering testimony and I think quite a disturbing picture that's painted of the direction we're currently headed in with this government's policy on crime.
Let me start, Mr. Jones, with a comment you made at the beginning of your statement. You stated that the “government's crime agenda...contradict[s] evidence, logic, effectiveness, justice and humanity”. It would be an understatement to say that this is a strong statement. Could you elaborate specifically on how you feel this is so?