Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Solicitor General.
In 1972 Valmond Lebouthillier received a life sentence for second degree murder. During 19 years of incarceration he had a history of violence and unco-operative behaviour but he was still given full parole in September 1991. In June 1992 he exposed himself to women, but a suspension warrant was cancelled. Two months later he stabbed and sexually assaulted a woman.
Despite a number of internal inquiries critical of the board's decision, one of the board members involved in this decision
was given a job at the parole board's Ottawa headquarters evaluating the work of other board members.
Will the minister acknowledge to this House that problems with the National Parole Board go beyond just one or two isolated incidents and that the entire parole system must be re-examined?