Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
It's an honour to be here on behalf of all Canadians and the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo.
This is what I can say in these circumstances. I think most Canadians were shocked at the transfer of Paul Bernardo, and I feel similarly that Canadians were shocked to find out that Luka Magnotta and others are not only in medium security but also in the same penitentiary.
As Conservatives, we will always stand with victims, with those seeking transparency and with those seeking the truth. It's for this reason that today we bring forward a motion to further study this in light of the significant offences that have been committed by not only these two people but others who are in medium security. It's important that we get to the bottom of the impact of bills like Bill C-83 and other policies in place with this Liberal government.
With that, I will move my motion and read it into the record, Mr. Chair.
I move:
That, in light of the transfer of sadistic killer Luka Magnotta out of a maximum-security prison to a medium-security prison, the same facility that serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo was transferred to last year, and given that the Minister's office was made aware of these transfers in advance, the committee:
1) immediately undertake a study in priority order, of no less than six meetings, with these meetings to begin this week, on how the decision to make this transfer was made and on the prisoner transfer process for prisoners in maximum-security facilities, and report its findings to the House; and
2) call the following witnesses to appear:
(a) the Commissioner of Correctional Service Canada, Anne Kelly;
(b) the Deputy Minister of Public Safety, Shawn Tupper;
(c) the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc;
(d) the former Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Marco Mendicino;
(e) the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Public Safety at the time;
(f) Janice Charette, former Clerk of the Privy Council;
(g) the Warden of La Macaza Institution;
(h) representatives from the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers; and
(i) Marcia Penner, Tennille Chwalczuk and Laura Murray as individuals.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.