Public Safety committee  No problem.

Public Safety committee  In my view, only an external and completely independent investigation involving access to all the case files can work. Personally, as a professional, I won't rely on what journalists say. I need to see how the case was managed and how the events unfolded.

Public Safety committee  Can I see the sheet? I'd rather read it myself, if you don't mind.

Public Safety committee  I'd have a hard time answering that question at this point. I'd rather abstain for the time being.

Public Safety committee  In the case at hand, it's rare, but it's not a first. Whether you're an inmate or a person who frequents massage parlours and prostitutes or any person here in the room, this constitutes a criminal act. It's very simple. This issue doesn't concern an inmate any more than it conc

Public Safety committee  Yes. Fortunately, they don't happen often. As I said earlier, the Correctional Service released a report that I signed. On average, just over eight inmates a year commit murder while on parole in the community. I've given some examples, and you can look up the information in t

Public Safety committee  Pardon me?

Public Safety committee  Would you like me to answer you with respect to recidivism?

Public Safety committee  We could talk about recidivism for hours. Each year in Canada, there are on average over 630,000 sexual assaults, according to Statistics Canada, which conducted the general social survey on victimization. There aren't 630,000 inmates in prison for sexual assault. The sex offend

Public Safety committee  Sorry. I don't want to make a language error and the interpretation service isn't working. What are you asking me?

Public Safety committee  It all depends on the inmate. Does the inmate really want to take charge of their life? I already addressed this issue earlier. Is this what we're talking about?

Public Safety committee  The risk assessment grid is like any other tool. It can be completed in good conscience. However, does it represent the profile of the subject? Remember that, in a prison environment, we're dealing with a population that operates on a strictly voluntary basis.

Public Safety committee  This issue would require a little more than three minutes, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  I said this earlier, Mr. Trudel, but you weren't here. There's no such thing as a bad halfway house. However, certain types of halfway houses have certain structures that are much more appropriate for serious cases. Why was he sent to a CRF? Maybe there wasn't enough room, becau

Public Safety committee  If he had been sent to a community correctional centre, which is under federal jurisdiction, it would have cost more, yes. These structures aren't the same at all. We can't compare a CCC and a CRF. It's day and night.