Well, that's fair, but if you are concerned about the safety of prisoners—which you need to be, and that's your mandate, and I respect that—we also need the same respect and care and concern for correctional officers in there who run a risk.
To shift, according to an Order Paper question that was tabled by Minister Goodale on April 30, in the time since this current government was elected, 48 first degree murderers have been out on unescorted temporary absences and 204 second degree murderers have been out on unescorted absences. There was also a temporary absence that lasted 303 days. In my business before, a 303-day absence was AWOL.
I don't understand how these things can go on. Can you explain to Canadians how allowing, in this case, hundreds of murderers out on our streets unescorted is keeping public safety in check? How is that possible?