Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I certainly agree with the Member that the two incidents about which she speaks are indeed tragedies and we'd like to make sure that I extend the government's and I think all Members of this House condolences to the families of those who were involved. Particularly, both incidents were quite disturbing. In terms of notification, the RCMP are notified when an offender is released on parole. So they would have been aware in this instance of the release of the offender on parole, and the RCMP has the jurisdiction to determine whether or not a public information disclosure is made. Those are made on the request of staff from either Corrections Canada or Justice, depending on who was involved in overseeing the situation.

In some cases a personal information disclosure is made, in others it isn't, but it's made according to a decision that it taken by a committee of people who are involved in reviewing the circumstances around a person's release back into society. So the notification takes place to the RCMP and the decision is then up to the RCMP as to whether a personal information disclosure should be made or a public information disclosure should be made to inform the public that somebody has been released. As I understand it, the decision is made based on an assessment of a person's likelihood to re-offend. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.