Evidence of meeting #4 for Public Safety and National Security in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was offenders.
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Liberal
Joël Lightbound Liberal Louis-Hébert, QC
I understand that you cannot comment on the way in which those criteria may have been evaluated by the members. That is why we are pinning our hopes on the joint investigation being conducted by your two offices to determine whether the decision in this matter was well thought out.
However, have those criteria changed in recent years?
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Chairperson, Parole Board of Canada
No, those criteria have remained in place since the CCRA came into law. Other than the protection of society as a paramount consideration, it was always there since 1992. It was, however, moved up a little in the principles just to make it more clear. Other than that, it has not changed.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
That ends our questioning.
On behalf of the committee, I want to thank the witnesses for their testimony and reiterate, on behalf of the committee, our deepest sympathies to the family for the incident that, unfortunately, brings us here.
With that, we are adjourned.