Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  Again, I come back to what I pointed out before. I think CSC obviously has an important role to play and the Parole Board has an important role to play. I do see, though, that the two are operating independently of the criteria that's required to release an offender back into t

Public Safety committee  I am aware of the changes. I've read the changes that have been made. I think that notification is certainly a step in the right direction. The issue about submitting statements for review is that you have five days to submit a statement, as I understand. That's not a lot of time

Public Safety committee  I think what it addresses is accountability and transparency. I think a lot of victims' rights groups and governments have made great strides in opening up the system to the public, and this is just one small gap that seems to have been overlooked. I think there has been a lot

Public Safety committee  Fifteen years ago, when I started all of this, I think victims really had very little input into the process. Time has moved forward, and victims are allowed to present impact statements and attend hearings. It's a much more open and transparent exercise. How does that benefit

Public Safety committee  No, not at all.

Public Safety committee  Honestly, I didn't know what to think. I was under the understanding, as I had read the legislation, not deeply enough, obviously, that the Parole Board was responsible for life-serving inmates through their entire process with respect to medical appointments and court dates and

Public Safety committee  Yes. Not only was she just released on an ETA, but she was released on a 60-day work release and moved outside of the institution. She served that 60-day work release with unlimited ETAs while living in a halfway house.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today regarding Bill C-483 and the journey I've taken to get to this point. My late husband, Detective Constable Bill Hancox, was stabbed to death on the evening of August 4, 1998, by Elaine Rose Cece and her accomplice, Ma