Thank you very much. I will direct my first questions to Mr. Wilkins.
We know that Paul Bernardo was a serial rapist and murderer. We know that he did things that were absolutely vile and disgusting. He was described as a “sexually sadistic psychopath”. Then we know that during his time in maximum-security prison, he was assessed every two years, for a total of 14 times, the last one being in June 2022. Only one month later, of course, the decision was overturned. He was moved to a lower-security prison.
However, up until that point, 14 times it had been determined by the parole board that he was not fit to be moved. The reason was that, according to the parole board's decision and in their report, they said that Mr. Bernardo demonstrated “no remorse, empathy or insight into his crimes”. Further to that, he was found with contraband in his cell three times. He was found with a razor and he was found with a weapon. Further to that, he attacked a guard and of course caused harm in that matter as well. This is an individual in a maximum-security prison. He also, of course, was designated a dangerous offender.
My question for you is very simple: Does this sound like someone who should be moved from a maximum-security prison to a medium-security prison?