Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  One of the findings of the Kates and Mauser paper, which is listed in the references, is that there are innumerable ways to kill people, if you are of the mind to do so. Of course, this pencil is a deadly weapon if that is my intent. Luckily for all of us, we are not so intende

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Statistics on...? I'm sorry, I missed a word.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That is not what I have presented today, as you know. I merely included a few references that bear on that question. This is very complex econometric research. It is easy to be confused with simple statistics, such as I've presented; when we get into econometrics, it is impossi

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'm sorry, I have to turn this up; it seems to be quite quiet. Would you mind repeating that? I apologize.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  There are two answers to that question, depending on which statistics. In large part, it is not a matter of finding them in Statistics Canada's collection; they just have not been collected. Statistics Canada cannot collect all possible; therefore they have collected only some of

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Table 3 looks only at statutory release, that is to say, the prisoners who were let loose on the legal agreement to terminate their sentence short of their full sentence. That's what a statutory release is, as I understand it. Is that your question?

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That's right.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  To paraphrase, 10% of the prisoners released on statutory release are known to have committed a non-violent offence and have been put back in jail.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  No, I'm not sure I understood that last question. At what...?

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  If I understand correctly, this is at the end of their statutory release. So they've typically completed two-thirds of their sentence, and within three years of their release—after however long they were in there—3% are known to have committed violent crimes.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  In table 5, it's $4.6 billion. Did I understand you correctly?

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Table 6, okay.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That's right.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  No. Neither method is perfect for estimating the number of crimes. The difference primarily is in surveys and police. The police know only a certain amount of crimes. Many crimes are not reported. For example, victims are embarrassed, victims are afraid of threats of retaliatio

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  There would be a marginal improvement if it became mandatory, as opposed to no improvement. So it would be a small step in the right direction. Legislation, beyond being immediately effective, also sets a goal for the police and courts. I think that by putting their stamp on it