Public Safety committee  The minister has the ability to change that.

Public Safety committee  He has the power.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, but just so I'm clear, you understand the chain of command. In fact, I'll read from the act. Section 6 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act states: The Governor in Council may appoint a person to be known as the Commissioner of Corrections who, under the di

Public Safety committee  Under Minister Goodale's direction, the commissioner: has the control and management of the Service and all matters connected with the Service. That's a clear chain of command, so if Minister Goodale did in fact decide that this decision to have Tori Stafford's murderer place

Public Safety committee  Respectfully, I have just seven minutes, so I've been very specific. I have just seven minutes, and I'm asking a very specific question that I think we as members of Parliament...but put aside this case. Let's say hypothetically, not even with this case, that something else was h

Public Safety committee  You know, I'm being admonished to be respectful, and I am, and I would ask that you afford me the same respect. If you're not willing to answer the question, I would ask that you would just tell me that. Just say, “I'm not going to answer your question.” I'm a duly elected memb

Public Safety committee  But if there were another case? Okay, let's not talk about this case. Again, if there were something else that was going on that the minister didn't like, how would he ask you to change that? How did he ask you to do the review? Did he send you an email? Did he phone you? How wo

Public Safety committee  Okay, so if he would like you to change the process whereby Tori Stafford's murderer was in a healing lodge, he would just need to ask you to do that. That's what I'm hearing from your answers. He just needs to ask you, and then you can begin the process. I think it's clear that

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you and welcome, Commissioner Kelly. Congratulations on your appointment. Thank you as well to your assistant commissioner and your deputy commissioner for being here.

Public Safety committee  As I'm sure you are aware, and you've been following the questions that we've been asking the government in the House of Commons with regard to this, the killer of Tori Stafford, who still has 17 years left to serve on the sentence that she was given for participating in the brut