Public Safety committee  That's correct. There's an initial letter that goes out, and it's quite lengthy. It provides all of the things we do provide. In addition to that, the public safety department has a number of guides available for victims and resources, as does the Parole Board. We try to work all together so it's more streamlined for victims.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I was going to note that in the law, currently, for transfers to a minimum-security institution, we notify the victim in advance. For a transfer to a medium-security institution, we notify them after the transfer has occurred. In that case, we did give a heads-up to the victims in advance, and then again on the day of.

Public Safety committee  Currently, out of respect for victims, when we make contact with them initially, we ask about this and respect their not wanting to receive the information. That's what we currently do. If they change their mind down the road, they can come back any time and ask us to provide information.

Public Safety committee  Yes, and just to clarify, the first contact letter is for those who wish to come forward and register with us but haven't done so yet, or maybe we haven't processed the registration. It starts, “Further to our recent telephone conversation, here's all of the information that you're entitled to receive.

Public Safety committee  We would have more contact with victims, if this were to come into force the way it's worded. If there's an amendment, I believe it would affect all of section 26, which I don't have in front of me. There could be other impacts to consider. It'll have training impacts, etc., for trauma-informed approaches.

Public Safety committee  Currently, we would provide the information to the victims. In terms of sentence calculation, I don't know if my colleague wants to add anything on how that occurs, but right now, our victim services officers would go speak to sentence calculation and ask for more details for the victims, because some of them do want to further understand.

Public Safety committee  Thanks for that. I agree with you. Education is key. I'll just provide a bit of context on what we currently do, because we do proactively reach out to the victims before they're registered. We send a first contact letter. I'm okay sharing these with the committee as well, if you're interested.

Public Safety committee  The way I read the proposed bill, what it would do is provide additional explanation to victims who wish to receive it. I know that sentence calculation can be incredibly technical, so the important thing is to make sure our people are trained to provide a trauma-informed approach and also to explain it in plain language.

Public Safety committee  Not the morning of...no.

Public Safety committee  It was by phone and in writing, and then afterwards some of them we recontacted and spoke with to give more rationale around the decision-making.

Public Safety committee  Yes. I also want to point out that, in this case, we really did inform the victims before the transfer took place, even though it wasn't much notice. It was a week before the media reported on the transfer. The victims were grateful to receive the information. The ministerial directive requires us to give more information to victims, so that they can inform us about their safety.

Justice committee  Offenders all have access to an inmate handbook in every institution. There's information available to inmates about restorative justice. Victims are also informed, which was in addition to the CVBR. Victims are all informed as well about restorative justice and our restorative opportunities program through our victim services officers.

Justice committee  If they request this type of information, we provide it to them.

Justice committee  I think the parole officers play a role, whether it be in the community or the institution, in working with the offenders. They are one of our referral agents for restorative opportunities and that philosophy behind how we work with inmates. That includes dynamic security and working through issues within the institutions.

Justice committee  Our restorative opportunities program is funded some through existing funding at CSC. Were you looking for those exact figures?