Thank you, Mr. Chair, and congratulations.
You just joined our committee, I believe, this fall. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better as chair. I'm looking forward to the very important work we're going to have to do over the next few months.
We have an important task ahead of us. It's been nine months since the former minister of public safety was told about the shocking and incomprehensible transfer of notorious killer Paul Bernardo out of a maximum-security prison. It's been nine months, and victims and Canadians have yet to receive an answer for why the minister allowed this disgraceful transfer to take place. It's been nine months and nothing has been done about the fact that Paul Bernardo remains outside of a maximum-security prison to this day. It's been nine months and still no one in this government has taken responsibility for this decision. No one has been held accountable.
Canadians and victims deserve to know what is going to be done about this, and they deserve to know who is going to be held responsible. Our Conservative team will not stop until we get the answers Canadians deserve.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.