Public Safety committee  Again, protection against domestic violence is an extremely important consideration as we look at individual programs. The programs are not provided by the Parole Board. They are provided through CSC. However, programs are available. When they are brought to the board's attentio

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee for inviting the Parole Board of Canada to appear before you today. I welcome this opportunity to talk to you about the board's important public safety mandate and the work that we do. The Parole Board of Canada is an

Public Safety committee  I would agree. We've seen from our interviews of offenders who are remorseful for the actions they committed against victims that they are now trying to remain off drugs and alcohol, that they are following the correctional plan they worked on with their supervisor in the CSC's i

Public Safety committee  It's 97%.

Public Safety committee  That's a very good question, Mr. Chair. The Correctional Service of Canada supervises the offender. If there was an issue in relation to a breach of a condition or abstaining from drugs and/or alcohol, the parole officer who was supervising the offender would make note of it. Th

Public Safety committee  No, as I mentioned in the statistics I provided, those are where parole was successfully completed. It doesn't happen a lot. I don't have the exact numbers. However, I can tell you that I think the programming regime that CSC has changed within the past four or five years has don

Public Safety committee  The issue that's extremely important here is to ensure that the offender has all the information that the board members get when making the decision. There are no secret papers that aren't made available to the offender. The offender has all the information that the board members

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  Not that I'm aware of, I'm sorry. I can check and get back to you with that information, if there are other jurisdictions that we work with closely.

Public Safety committee  I think that part of earning parole is working themselves towards bettering themselves. The remorse behind the criminal act they may have committed and the victimization they may have caused someone are all extremely important as they move forward through their time in an institu

Public Safety committee  As I mentioned, of the 27,000 decisions we make each year, 15,683 decisions included that special condition of not consuming, purchasing, or possessing alcohol.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  As the legislation states, the board shall cancel the parole if, in its opinion....

Public Safety committee  However, I can say that if there is a concern regarding the protection of society—and again, this section is going to come into play within that roughly five-day period when he has been granted parole, if he has now tested positive prior to his being released from the institution

Public Safety committee  The new information that will be provided with the legislation will trigger a review by the board, as is currently the case when any new information regarding an offender is provided to the Parole Board of Canada prior to an offender's release, which we obtain from CSC. The board