Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I know we've had a number of meetings on the issue of the Bernardo transfer already, but new information has come to light that I think is shocking to Canadians. It's shocking because some people might have dismissed the transfer of Paul Bernardo as an isolated incident. I know that the Minister of Public Safety at the time said it was “shocking and incomprehensible”. However, now we've learned that it's not just an isolated incident, that this is a repeated pattern under this government and that several high-profile serial killers and killers have been moved out of maximum and into medium.
Furthermore, recent ATIPs have revealed that the chief of staff of the public safety minister at the time was aware that these transfers were taking place. It's interesting because in all of our study of Paul Bernardo's transfer, the minister's officer knew all along that Luka Magnotta was being transferred in 2022 as well, yet that information was never brought to light. It was never revealed to this committee under our previous study.
That's not the only high-profile case we've seen. I think there's—