Public Safety committee  First of all, I have to go back to see if I had any meetings. Normally, if we do have meetings, it's on very specific topics.

Public Safety committee  Again, we followed the long-standing process, but afterwards, the former minister said that he wanted to be directly and formally advised, so we put in place a process to do so.

Public Safety committee  It's because our programs are world-renowned and research-based, and they do reduce recidivism. However, that doesn't mean they work in the same way for every offender. I think the president of UCCO-SACC-CSN said that they didn't want idle hands. We want offenders to be participa

Public Safety committee  Actually, all three have to be considered. It's an assessment, and it's in the regulations that we have to assess the three areas, which are institutional adjustment, escape risk and risk to the safety of the public.

Public Safety committee  In the regulations, it specifies what you have to be to be classified as maximum, medium or minimum. For maximum, you have to be high on institutional adjustment or high on escape risk and risk to the safety of the public. It has to be both.

Public Safety committee  Yes, he was 30 years in maximum, but when we say that, in July 2022, he was fully integrated.... In the report, you will see that this inmate's integration was part of a longer-term strategy that involved many steps over several years. He started integrating with smaller groups a

Public Safety committee  Yes. Their behaviour is monitored at any level. At medium and minimum security , if offenders are, for example, involved in trafficking, and we find out, they can be sent back to a higher level of security, and they are.

Public Safety committee  We are trained to do this work. We have professionals. The authority is delegated to CSC through legislation. We have tools, procedures and practices. We certainly have the expertise. I'm very confident in the ability of our CSC employees to make informed assessments and decision

Public Safety committee  It should be correctional professionals.

Public Safety committee  The legislation clearly states that we must assign a security classification to each inmate, review this classification regularly, which we do, and transfer the offender to an institution that matches the security classification.

Public Safety committee  Again, our duty is to comply with the law. As I said, our employees are trained for this job, and the law applies to every inmate.

Public Safety committee  The operational staff should be doing that.

Public Safety committee  Obviously, this bill would affect the institutions. Inmates would no longer have a compelling reason to show good behaviour or to participate in interventions or programs. In my opinion, this could jeopardize the safety of our staff and, ultimately, the public. In terms of victi

Public Safety committee  Again, in maximum-security institutions, according to the legislation and regulations, are those who are high institutional adjustment, so they are those who require a high degree of control and supervision or are a high escape risk and high public safety risk in the event of an

Public Safety committee  As the commissioner, obviously, I take my job seriously. The quote that you mentioned is one that is in my signature block that I've use for over 30 years. I believe in that. As the commissioner, I want to obviously ensure that the public and staff are safe. That is doing our j