Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd also like to thank the committee members. For the sake of transparency, I want to mention at the outset that I was a Conservative candidate in the 2019 election. I must say that I'm extremely sad and dismayed by the fate of Marylène Levesque. This woma

Public Safety committee  In all likelihood, the strategy did not protect all women and implied that there are “sub-women” in our society, which is outrageous. Finally, CSC and the halfway house need to explain their lax approach to supervision. On the second point in the motion, members interested in r

Public Safety committee  Right off the bat, I can say that I disagree with that. A person could manage a lot of cases, but if the cases are poorly supervised or if the decisions are not quality ones, what does that accomplish at the end of the day? In fact, in the members' annual evaluation, one of the c

Public Safety committee  From my perspective, this is a problem. During the course of a hearing, we may receive new information. That is what happened in this case. It was during the hearing that they learned there was a strategy allowing this man to meet women to fulfill his sexual needs. This new infor

Public Safety committee  I would say it's both a lack of experience and a lack of judgment. Clearly, a strategy like this makes no sense. It is throwing women who are already vulnerable, women who work in the sex trade, into the lion's den. In my view, day parole should have been rescinded immediately,

Public Safety committee  Yes, I have a copy of that letter.

Public Safety committee  It has changed because of the pace of work. I can give you a specific example. It's not complicated, I would get there at 8:00 a.m., especially when we had to vote on certain files. I would take 10 minutes to eat, and I would get back on the train at 4:30 p.m. I can tell you that

Public Safety committee  The only information I have about this case is the public record, that is, the decision of the board.

Public Safety committee  With regard to this case, the only documents I have consulted are simply the public documents in Eustachio Gallese's file, namely the board's decision of September 2019.

Public Safety committee  Of course, when board members receive quality information to make decisions, it is not in the newscasts. In any event, my comments on this matter relate specifically to the decision made by the board members. Therefore, they are not based on news. I have consulted the decision a

Public Safety committee  I'm just making a point of clarification. This is not based on news, but on the decision of the board members. It is different from being at a hearing or reading the decision. At the hearing, there are additional elements.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  First of all, I was a Conservative candidate—

Public Safety committee  Do you have a question?

Public Safety committee  First, may I answer the question you put to me?