Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question. I am aware of his interest in this and I share his sympathy for the family.
I would like to reiterate as we pointed out in the throne speech that public safety is a priority of the government. In hindsight everybody would like to have seen a different decision given the benefit of the information that the minister has. The fact of the matter is that Canada has the second highest rate of incarceration in the western world. The National Parole Board and Correctional Service Canada—