Justice committee  It would be preferable if we saw the wording of the amendment to comment on it.

Justice committee  We don't have a copy.

Justice committee  Our colleagues at the Correctional Service of Canada use a variety of strategies similar to what you've described, looking at past experience, to forecast the impact. However, as my colleague indicated in this case, there will not be any impact for the next 15 years. In terms of

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  They may apply every two years now.

Justice committee  Correct.

Justice committee  Year 15, if not successful, year 20....

Justice committee  Maybe we misunderstood the question. We understood the question to be the costs for Corrections of the additional time for offenders who would otherwise perhaps be eligible for early parole and be supervised in the community rather than being detained in custody.

Justice committee  I'll respond to both aspects, but with respect to your question regarding the prison guards, if the committee is intending to hear from officials at the Correctional Service, they would be best positioned to respond to that question. If you're not, we can undertake to get that in

Justice committee  On your other point with respect to the notice that the judge reads out in section 745.01, that is a lot for a victim to absorb. As some of the committee members may recall, those amendments were included in a bill in 1999 that made a lot of victim-related amendments. Among those

Justice committee  Yes, and they are allowed to have input to that early application as well, so they would have known at the time that the judge didn't permit it to go on to the second stage, that it wasn't proceeding at that time, but it leaves open the possibility that another application will b

Justice committee  If that's his information, I'm sure that's correct. We don't have that specific--

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  The bill would preserve the opportunity for the inmate to apply for parole after serving 25 years. The 25-year period would start at the date of their arrest. So, yes, they would have opportunities to make an application to the parole board, and the parole board would receive it