Public Safety committee  Oh, sorry.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Lightbound. I think preparation in the institution is one of the most important parts of reintegration. I just want to say one thing as well, in case it doesn't get picked up somewhere else. As in this particular case, I think any case in which there is intimate

Public Safety committee  Thank you. My recommendation is that this one tragedy not become an event that unduly affects a highly effective parole release system but instead serves as an opportunity for improvement and increased security for the community. Thank you for your time. I welcome any question

Public Safety committee  I'm going to read a prepared statement. Hopefully, I can keep it within the seven minutes. I appear here today as a proponent of parole and its use as part of the reintegration process for incarcerated persons. I wish to acknowledge that the death of Marylène Levesque was an unf

Public Safety committee  I'd just like to comment on Sheldon's comment that a lot of people who are perpetrators are also victims and have many other underlying reasons for why they committed offences. In response to that, yes, I think it's important to separate the number of offences. Three is such an

Public Safety committee  It's a hard question to answer. I certainly think it would have been more difficult for me, maybe in a personal sense and in my own view of what I had accomplished. I would have been very close under this new proposed change, because I had three indictable offences. Two happened

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, members of the committee, for inviting me. I'll read from my text a bit, and I may depart occasionally. I believe you've all received it. I appear before you today as a representative of the Seventh Step Society of Canada and also as a