Thank you very much.
The Quebec Superior Court has made it clear that until the Parole Board makes a decision and exercises its discretion, release is not possible. People have argued in court that because their client is a white-collar criminal and there's absolutely no sign of violence in the case, he must be released, and the court has said that's not the case, and there needs to be an exercise of discretion by the board. The board bases its decision as to whether someone represents a potential for violence in the future, not just on the current crime but on anything that is on their provincial record, on anything that comes to them through police information, even if someone has never been charged and convicted of it.
So if there's information before the board that you've been involved in brawls in bars or that you've been seen by the police for conjugal violence, even if you've never been convicted of that, the board uses that to refuse your release.