—if he allows me to speak.
For the public, I would explain just what is happening.
At the moment, considerable effort, and this is recognized by the auditor general in his report, is going into improving the way inmates to be paroled will be reintegrated into society. All this effort is based on very solid programs, which are science based. The programs are not extemporaneous.
The commissioner of correctional services referred to 16 criteria that ought to be used to evaluate the way inmates will be paroled and so on.
There are no quotas. There have never been quotas. There will never be quotas. All that for one very simple reason: what counts first and foremost is not the quota figures, but public safety. He does not have exclusive prerogative on public safety.