Justice committee  I saw his testimony and I would note that Mr. Head repeatedly said that the Correctional Service of Canada is challenged by the legislation that's being put forward.

Justice committee  We could talk about the provincial-territorial components.

Justice committee  We've had longstanding overcrowding issues in our Canadian prisons, particularly in the last decade and a half. If you look at Ontario, in 11 out of 31 of the institutions there are often double and triple bunks. Alberta and B.C. also report frequent double and triple bunking. Double bunking is pretty common across the country.

Justice committee  --generate an influx of new prisoners, we will see an exacerbation of this.

Justice committee  If I understand the bill correctly, they'll be moving toward a system requiring prisoners to complete all of their programming in order to move through their correctional plans. In a context where we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars on construction and not making similar investments in programming to that same degree, we will have people on longer waiting lists for those programs.

Justice committee  With that said, I am very much looking forward to the thoughtful and respectful discussion that will follow. I thank you for your time.

Justice committee  In thinking about the impacts of Bill C-10, the problem is that we really don't know what they will be, because the provinces and territories have not advanced their estimates related to this bill. That is why we'd urge your committee to have them appear before you to disclose those costs and what infrastructure plans would be associated with them.

Justice committee  Thank you. My name is Justin Piché, and I am an assistant professor of sociology at Memorial University. I am also a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Carleton University, preparing to defend my dissertation next month, which examines the scope and factors shaping prison expansion at this time.