Justice committee  No, there haven't been any from the board. Again, as I mentioned earlier, if the minister or the government asks us for our advice to them on legislation, we'll respond. We don't go to government and say to change the laws for us to do this or that. We basically follow the laws t

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, I'll just add one comment. The National Parole Board has elders on contract across the country who work with us in elder-assisted hearings, the vast majority of which are done in the prairie and Pacific regions. Having been a board member in the prairie region and hav

Justice committee  From a risk assessment point of view, as I mentioned earlier, in assessing each individual, their backgrounds, and their criminal activity, and then moving into the institution and assessing their institutional behaviour and the programs they've taken within the institution, for

Justice committee  I apologize. I can't answer that question. As an independent agency of government, free of political will--

Justice committee  --we're here to respond to and work with the government on the legislation that we have imposed upon us. I can't answer that. Maybe one of the other panel members can.

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of this committee, for inviting the National Parole Board to appear before you as you examine the state of organized crime in Canada. I'm Harvey Cenaiko. I was appointed chairperson of the National Parole Board last July. Prior to this,