Public Safety committee  Yes, sir.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. UCCO-SACC-CSN, our union, is in favour of Bill C-483's granting the power over temporary absences on first-degree and second-degree murder to the Parole Board. We see it as an objective third party. The Parole Board serves as an effective filter to determine which in

Public Safety committee  No, I'm not.

Public Safety committee  Okay, I was speaking of Gingras, an inmate—

Public Safety committee  Yes, sir.

Public Safety committee  Another example I cite goes back to 1987 when inmate Gingras was given a birthday pass from the maximum security Edmonton Institution to the West Edmonton Mall, where he overpowered his lone escort, tied him up, and went on a spree that led police on quite the chase. It ensued th

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  The union doesn't have any role at the present time in granting or having input.

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  No. Certainly the correctional officers in the units work with the inmates every day. They do reports. They do submissions. They do case work records. They do assessment for decision reports that go before an offender management board, which is set by the warden and the parole of

Public Safety committee  Yes, sir.

Public Safety committee  That's a pretty general question.

Public Safety committee  There is institutional...yes.

Public Safety committee  You're correct on one part. For our role as correctional officers dealing with that, when those decisions go forward it's institutional behaviour that makes up some of the factors. It's programs. Has he been attending? How is he attending? Is he involved? Does he have employment

Public Safety committee  Currently we've been negotiating, and have negotiated, with the employer that for maximum and medium security inmates, when they are in that security level, there are two officers, and they are armed. For our minimum security level, there is no ratio, so one officer could be taki