Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Solicitor General of Canada. In 1987, Wanda Woodward was strangled by Daniel Gingras, a convicted murderer who was out of prison on a birthday shopping pass.
Six years have passed since the family filed suit for damages against the prison system. To date, the case has not been settled nor has an apology been issued to the Woodward family.
Only a few weeks ago, the solicitor general eagerly defended Correctional Services Canada for a $12,000 payout made to convicted murderer John Lee because Lee was beaten up in jail.
If a criminal such as Lee is paid off so quickly and those actions defended by the minister, why is he not coming to the defence of the Woodward family and their plea for just compensation for their daughter's murder?