Mr. Speaker, in 1978 Allan Kinsella murdered 24-year old Kenny Kaplinski by shooting him twice in the head. He was sentenced to life in prison.
In July he was transferred to the Bath penitentiary, in spite of the fact that the Solicitor General received two letters from the Assistant Attorney General of Ontario warning that Kinsella was unsuitable for transfer and likely to attempt escape.
The Solicitor General did not respond to these warnings and on October 19 Kinsella escaped from Bath along with Serge Damien who was serving life for murdering a credit union cashier with a sledge hammer.
Can the Solicitor General explain his negligence in this case, and what does he have to say to the people whose lives have been put at risk by this negligence?