Justice committee  It is important to mention that this information was provided by the Department of Justice, and is based, I believe, on an Angus-Reid poll. Such polls are few and far between, which is why we drew it to your attention. It is often said that the general public does not support the

Justice committee  We must not forget that when judges grant conditional sentences, they have to assess not only an individual's dangerousness but also whether the sentence will allow for laying of information and constitute sufficient punishment. If these conditions are not met, conditional senten

Justice committee  As far as we are concerned, the answer is yes with respect to the number of people receiving conditional sentences. However, once a sentence has been served, we have no access to data on recidivism. These are not data that we have.

Justice committee  That would be the number of conditional sentencees who are being monitored by our network. Our workers are not the only ones to do this.

Justice committee  When we were talking about identifying certain misdemeanours or offences, we said that the current bill is not consistent with the way in which additional sentencing has been presented. If minimum sentences, for example, had been proposed, then we would have seen some consistency

Justice committee  That depends on the availability of data. For example, in the area of paroles, there is a system that provides reliable statistics annually based on criteria that were established beforehand. When you work in a community organization, the means at your disposal are scarce, and i

Justice committee  We don't have data with respect to recidivism. Our workers tell us it is rare. When there are problems with conditional sentences, they often related to the conditions. This is an important issue because last week, someone mentioned that when you incarcerate an individual for on