Thanks to both our witnesses for being here today.
My first question is for Mr. Michael.
I've heard that work release is the best pathway for success for someone who is in an institution. If they have a successful work release, it bodes well for when they are released from the healing lodge or the prison. But I also heard that there are real barriers to getting the paperwork done for that, so there can be challenges when an employer says, “Yes, we'll take an offender to come in and work”, but it can take a very long time to work its way up the chain.
Do you think it would be beneficial to remove some of the paperwork process in order to make sure you can match the offender with a work release placement more quickly?