Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Quebecois is pleased to acknowledge the 40th anniversary of the National Parole Board. By the conscientious work of its staff, the National Parole Board is showing the inmate population and the general public that offenders can successfully be rehabilitated.
Our society has come to realize that the supervised release of offenders could produce more positive results than the repressive, exemplary imprisonment system, which some in this country like to promote.
In fact, for reasons of effectiveness and efficiency, the Standing Committee on Justice recently undertook the five-year review of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act. The Bloc Quebecois will be working at modernizing and improving this important rehabilitation tool.
We cannot let this jubilee of the National Parole Board go unnoticed.