Thank you, Mr. Chair.
And through you to the minister and officials, thank you for attending today.
I have a couple of quick questions to do with two somewhat different topics.
For the first one, Minister, I wonder if you could give your thoughts on an accusation that's been around with regard to racism in the ranks of our correctional officers.
After you finish that, perhaps you could talk about mandatory minimum penalties that this government put in place to protect children and Canadians from the most serious offenders. Could you share your thoughts on the Liberal leader's recent statements regarding the desire to repeal these.