Mr. Speaker, on March 12 the solicitor general, responding to a question of mine, stated that first degree murderers served an average of 28.4 years before being released back into the community. However a document recently released by the commissioner of Correctional Service of Canada contradicts the solicitor general. It states:
Offenders convicted of first degree murder are serving an average of 17.6 years prior to their first release.
My question is obvious. Will the solicitor general stand and admit that his numbers are wrong and that his numbers are self-serving?