Thank you, Minister, and hopefully that excitement continues for the next hour.
Thank you, Chair, and to all the witnesses and the minister for being here this morning.
Minister, I'll start off with you, please. Canadians and victims of crime are outraged that you and your government, without consultation with victims' families, have allowed the likes of Paul Bernardo, Luka Magnotta, Michael Rafferty and Russell Williams, some of the worst offenders in Canadian history, to live out their days comfortably in medium-security prisons. Why are you and your government putting the rights of violent, heinous offenders ahead of the rights of victims?