Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I don't understand the philosophy of this, because you have criminals incarcerated in a foreign jurisdiction who are going to be brought back to Canada anyway.
Here's the point. I'm looking at page 4 of your presentation, where you say:
As such, they will benefit from the various rehabilitation programs offered in our federal institutions, as well as supervision by parole officers following their release to the community. And, their foreign conviction will be recorded in the RCMP's criminal convictions database, commonly referred to as CPIC, which otherwise would not be the case if they were simply deported back to Canada.
I would think that for public safety benefits, it would be better to make sure that those persons actually have meaningful rehabilitation, which the government will no doubt ensure takes place in the massive prisons being built, and when they come back to Canada and are eventually released out into society because of this wonderful new rehabilitation, Canadians will actually be safer. Would that not make more sense?