From a community perspective, through the deficit reduction action plan, another thing we had witnessed within the Correctional Service was a reduction in spending in the community. One of the issues that came up was the increase in workload at the community correctional centres, which is the federal halfway house.
Previously, prior to the deficit reduction action plan being implemented in 2014, the ratio was one parole officer for every eight offenders. It is now one to 13, which is a significant increase. I think our members would certainly want the committee to be aware that they want to spend more time interacting with the offenders and assisting in their reintegration efforts. Those offenders living in community correctional centres are the highest risk offenders that we manage in the community. There's a reason they're in that federal halfway house, and in our opinion that's why we need to make sure we're spending as much time with them as possible.