Public Safety committee  —and the CCRA is from 1992, so really, it's 22 years old. It probably took three to four years to be written up or drafted up before it went through Parliament. It's an old piece of legislation.

Public Safety committee  Their review is based on what's in the legislation as well. However, our risk assessment.... I'm proud to say that we have a very strict risk assessment, as I mentioned earlier, in going through all of those areas when we look at ensuring the protection of the public, which is ut

Public Safety committee  But there's no consultation between—

Public Safety committee  Mr. Easter and Mr. Chair, I can't respond on behalf of CSC other than to tell you what's in the law today, and that's what we follow, the CCRA.

Public Safety committee  That's a very good question. As I mentioned, the success rate was 99% based on 63% of those who applied. Will that remain the same? I suggest that it would, based on the risk assessment we do of offenders in the institution.

Public Safety committee  You're right. That would be our approximate number because, again, this is not a government bill, it's a private member's bill. They are approximate numbers. We have approximately 900 additional reviews. Approximately 75% would be in-office; 25% would be hearings at an institutio

Public Safety committee  I don't have Correctional Service Canada's statistics here. I just have our own, so I can tell you that last year we conducted 119.

Public Safety committee  To disclose that information, we can't have the ability to disclose that. I think it would be improper to talk about a single certain case. However I can say that we worked with CSC in relation to getting our expected numbers of 900 additional. You could infer that it means that

Public Safety committee  That's everything.

Public Safety committee  That's every lifer and offender convicted of first-degree murder.

Public Safety committee  No. The present legislation allows for the warden to make that administrative decision based on areas that he has. He has to ensure that the offender won't be an undue risk to society. He has to follow what is in the legislation now.

Public Safety committee  I can't answer to how CSC makes their administrative decisions. I can tell you that the Parole Board of Canada will review the file from start to finish. That file would include the background history of the offender and any societal issues he may have grown up with through his

Public Safety committee  Well, as I mentioned earlier—

Public Safety committee  —of the 900 additional, approximately 200, or 25%, would be hearings. The other 75% would be office reviews. Some of these would be an ETA for the first time. They could be applying for a second, third, or fourth ETA. However, it would provide victims with approximately 200 addit

Public Safety committee  Funds are available through the Ministry of Justice's program for victims attending hearings.