Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to our committee.
This is meeting number 28 of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
Today we are continuing our study of the use of electronic monitoring in both correctional and conditional release settings as well as in the immigration enforcement setting, with a view to determining effectiveness, cost efficiency, and implementation readiness.
In our first hour we have, from the Correctional Service of Canada, Larry Motiuk, special advisor to the infrastructure renewal team. He has worked with the Correctional Service of Canada on conditional release supervision standards, ex-offenders, and high-risk or violent offenders, as well as on assessment processes and treatment programs. Dr. Motiuk is a research professor at Carleton University and holds a Ph.D. in psychology.
Doctor, we welcome you to our committee, We thank you for being here. Certainly we have heard from the Correctional Service of Canada before, but I know in your testimony it's always something new, and we appreciate being able to get comments from someone who may have a little different perspective.
Could we invite you to make your opening statement?