Paul Bernardo Transfer

• Bernardo victims’ friends say prison transfer forced them to relive trauma

  Tim Danson, the lawyer representing the families of Paul Bernardo’s murder victims, will speak to MPs Wednesday about the transfer of inmates.

  Canada

  Nov 29
  
• Panel begins review into victim services in wake of Paul Bernardo transfer

  Paul Bernardo has been serving a life sentence for the kidnappings, tortures and murders of teenagers Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in the early 1990s.

  Canada

  Nov 27
  
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• Paul Bernardo transfer to medium-security prison was ‘sound’: review

  Paul Bernardo’s transfer to a medium-security prison in May set off a firestorm across the country, and engulfed the Liberal government in controversy.

  Canada

  Jul 20
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• Paul Bernardo prison transfer needed to be kept ‘low profile,’ officials said

  Emails obtained by Global News through an access to information request show communications officials discussing the need to keep news of Bernardo's transfer a 'close hold.'

  Politics

  Jul 19
• Mendicino says Privacy Act restricts disclosure for inmate transfers. Watchdog differs

  Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has said that the Correctional Service of Canada owes Canadians an explanation given the severity of Paul Bernardo's crimes.

  Canada

  Jul 17
• Senior officials had no reason to believe Mendicino was unaware of Bernardo transfer

  Notorious serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo was transferred to medium-security La Macaza Institution, about 190 kilometres northwest of Montreal, on May 29.

  Canada

  Jul 11
• Bernardo transfer spurred CSC questions on whether Mendicino knew: emails

  The public safety minister and his staff have been under heavy scrutiny over the past month as more details have emerged about the timeline of the prison transfer.

  Canada

  Jul 4
• Niagara MP’s bill opposing Bernardo-like transfers likely to be revisited in fall

  Niagara Falls MP Tony Baldinelli, who brought a Corrections bill to the House Of Commons this week, saw his attempt to fast-track it to the Senate using unanimous consent denied.

  Crime

  Jun 16
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• Pressure continues to mount on Mendicino over Bernardo transfer briefings

  Marco Mendicino faced calls to resign Wednesday after the Correctional Service of Canada revealed it had alerted the minister’s office months before Paul Bernardo was moved.

  Politics

  Jun 15
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• Prison transfer not about revenge, former official says after Bernardo moved

  One of the architects of the law that governs Canada's prison system says it's understandable people want revenge on killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo.

  Canada

  Jun 7