Public Safety committee  Thanks very much. The only thing I would add is that Public Safety Canada regularly holds round tables with victims and victims groups. We do hear repeatedly about the need for information, as you pointed out. However, as my colleague has pointed out, there is the need to res

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. There is definitely a separation. We'll have to take a look at the specifics in legislation, but there is definitely a separation in terms of the ministerial decision making and the operational nature of CSC. The legislation sets the parameters under which C

Justice committee  I'm going to turn to my colleague, Kirstan, for a response on this one.

Justice committee  Thank you very much. I'll just jump in very quickly and say that training is available through the Parole Board for their regional communications officers and in the CSC for the victim services officers. That helps to ensure consistency in services. Also, the complaints proce

Justice committee  Please go ahead, Kirstan.

Justice committee  You know, there's a lot of work done to make sure that the information is available so that victims are aware of the rights they have and the ability they have to obtain information, including through promotion through the national victims week and the various aspects and steps a

Justice committee  I'm sorry, but could you clarify a little bit more the context of offender reintegration?

Justice committee  I'll turn to my colleague from CSC for conversations around the criteria for offender reintegration.

Justice committee  It goes to what I was saying earlier, which is that we want to take a trauma-informed response that respects the choice of the victims. Moving to a system where the victims automatically receive our information does not respect that trauma-informed response or the choice of victi

Justice committee  If I may add one more item, in the documentation that I was referring to from the national office for victims, I wanted to flag that some of our publications are available in 20 languages, including seven indigenous languages. Thank you.

Justice committee  I will start off and then potentially turn to my colleagues. I would point out that the registration by CSC and PBC to receive information ensures that information is provided to individuals who meet the legislated definition of a victim. Only those victims who desire continued

Justice committee  All right. I'll start. There's a difference between the national office for victims and those victims who avail themselves of the services of the Parole Board and the CSC in terms of being able to obtain information about specific offenders or specific court cases. I'll start u

Justice committee  If I may, Chair, thank you very much. I have just a few different elements on this one as well. There have been a number of amendments that have been put into place into the CCRA requiring different actions, both from our correctional partners and our parole partners, to ensure

Justice committee  Thank you, Chair. My name is Chad Westmacott. I'm the director general of community safety, corrections and criminal justice at Public Safety Canada. We are pleased to be here today to share with you the work of Public Safety Canada’s portfolio agencies with respect to our work