Public Safety committee  Of course you're free to clarify, but I guess one of the things that is implicitly being raised is that if we have poor prison conditions or ageing prisons, we should build new ones. I'd like to note that historically benevolent penal reforms have been the principal force behind

Public Safety committee  Mr. Toews was asked by a member of the Canadian Press how much the Truth in Sentencing Act was going to cost. I have the article here, which I can table. He answered: We're not exactly sure how much it will cost us. [...] There are some low estimates, and some that would see mo

Public Safety committee  But that's not what he said.

Public Safety committee  I think that's not what he said.

Public Safety committee  In terms of abolishing APR?

Public Safety committee  In terms of fraudsters, I guess what I would ask is, is putting someone in prison going to get that $100 million back that the person stole from people? I think we should be focusing on giving people back their livelihoods, as opposed to focusing our attention on that.

Public Safety committee  If we're to look at the 2007 CSC review panel, one of the recommendations is to minimize retrofits and additions to aging penitentiaries. All the money your government has allocated so far towards penal infrastructure projects has been diverted towards retrofitting existing agi

Public Safety committee  I examine best practices, but I do not have that information in front of me. I was not prepared to get into that topic.

Public Safety committee  Yes, but only after I have defended my thesis. That may be in August.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  No, but I've been to the federal training centre, which I believe was built in the 1950s, and I would consider that building to be decrepit and dilapidated as well.

Public Safety committee  I was referring to Mr. Page's report. So it is Mr. Page's hypothesis, not mine.

Public Safety committee  Actually, in preparation for my presentation today, I was supposed to write a 10-page report. I just handed in a 350-page thesis to my thesis supervisor. If I had had to include details about the prison construction taking place all over the country in a 10-page document, it woul

Public Safety committee  I do not have it with me.

Public Safety committee  I've read the book chapter produced by Professor Lee. I was surprised by the arguments he marshalled, particularly the one that increasing the length of prison sentences has a significant deterrent effect and reduces crime. If we were to follow Professor Lee's theory and apply it