Public Safety committee  I would like to make one comment. I've heard it said a couple of times that there were no prison farms in Quebec. Unfortunately, there were. I'm thinking of Mount St. Francis in the Laval area. It was a very good farm. It was disappointing when it was closed, which I think was in

Public Safety committee  We have quite a diversified industry. We go from the seed right up to growing it, and then right to the very end, with the product shipped out in a bag. One big draw that we have is in the milk plant. The inmates learn safe handling of food. We offer a course on what is called

Public Safety committee  Like I said earlier, the biggest thing I see is that a lot of these guys are not used to working. They come from higher security, they've been sitting around, and it's pretty hard to get motivated. Once they come here to our institution, they have to get up on time and get there

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, members of the committee. My name is Ron Amey. I am acting production supervisor of Frontenac Institution. I am responsible for the day-to-day operations, the budgets, and new ventures. I supervise over 10 staff members, who oversee up to 70 offenders