Thank you.
I'll start with acknowledging that my capable team has advised me that I misspoke on the CCRA. For this whole time, I'm sure government lawyers have been cringing. Please accept my deepest apologies. I said that for medium security and maximum security transfers, victims are notified two days after. It's not “two days”; it's “after”. They're notified two days in advance if it's a transfer to minimum security. I wanted to clarify that.
I appreciate, again, the wisdom and experience that you're offering to this committee. Your insights are so valuable. I'm grateful for the respectful way that the committee is listening and engaging.
As for the multidisciplinary committee, you're right that it's fairly new that it's been meeting. It took a while to gather all of the players. There's a plan to meet weekly for I think three to four months for each topic. Each week they're unpacking a different area of the interactions that CSC has with victims of crime.
As I mentioned, it's much broader than just the transfer piece itself. It will explore the response to the ministerial direction to provide notification always in advance. That's my read on it. There have been a few meetings. It will continue into the new year.
This coming week is dedicated to prison transfers.