With regard to training and employment programs for offenders in federal penitentiaries: (a) does Correctional Service Canada (CSC) currently offer registration and training in any provincial or territorial apprenticeship programs and, if so, which programs and in which institutions; (b) are there provincial or territorial apprenticeship programs in which CSC has previously offered registration and training but which are no longer offered and, if so, which programs and when was registration and training discontinued; (c) if the response to (a) or (b) is negative, has CSC considered offering registration in provincial or territorial apprenticeship programs and, if so, which programs and when; (d) for cases in which registration in a provincial or territorial apprenticeship program was offered and discontinued, or considered but not offered, what was the reason for discontinuing or not offering, as the case may be, in each case; and (e) with regard to offenders taking part in penitentiary farm and agriculture and agri-food operations, what are the vocational certificates that have been issued to these offenders, broken down by institution and year of issuance?
In the House of Commons on September 16th, 2024. See this statement in context.