It almost makes us speechless. I can literally feel the energy that has shifted between us sitting here listening to that. I think you nailed it on the head when you said, “callous disregard”.
I am actually shocked. I think we're all just shocked that someone who works with offenders and understands the magnitude of some of these crimes that these individuals commit would be able to have such a callous and cavalier attitude towards the impact of any kind of decision regarding an offender.
I think the other part, the conversation that happened in regard to how this was handled, is probably not too shocking, because as we said earlier, it came out in the news that the Prime Minister's Office and the office of Minister Mendicino were aware of the transfer beforehand. They were aware of the subsequent emotion that would come out of it and they were prepared for it, but they didn't want to deal with it, so they chose to deny that they knew. There just has to be some accountability for these people.
I know that some changes have been made in the government since then, but it speaks to the fact that victims are, over and over again, just disregarded.
This is a man who did the worst of the most terrible things that can be done to human beings, and this is the attitude of individuals who are responsible for his incarceration? It's disgusting. There is nothing else to say.