Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to Mr. Matheson and Mr. Tupper for joining us today. We greatly appreciate it.
Mr. Chair, I think it is extremely important to receive witnesses to discuss various issues of the country's public safety. As we have mentioned a number of times on this side of the table, we could spend our valuable work time on more meaningful studies rather than on continuing to deal with social finance.
If I may, I will give notice of a motion. Let me read it before I ask my questions. Here is what the motion proposes:
That the Committee undertake a study on access to healthcare in federal penitentiaries, while accounting for recent cuts to nursing in Correctional Service Canada institutions and the resulting effects on their staff, and that the Committee report its findings to the House of Commons.
I therefore table this notice of motion.
Gentlemen, you have just talked about CoSA, and I find that extremely interesting. I actually wanted to ask questions about that. You said that it would be worthwhile to present it to promoters or private investors. I believe that was your last comment.
However, witnesses told us to think about the fact that some areas of public safety should not be open to private investors. Some gave as examples the homeless and seniors, and others talked about the reintegration of offenders into society. CoSA specializes in support groups for very high-risk offenders, sex offenders.
Why are we being told, on the one hand, that there should not be private investments in the case of high-risk offenders and, on the other hand, as you argue, that this is a great idea that should be proposed to private investors?
What are you basing this statement on?