Paul Bernardo

• 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: Prison officials ‘intervened’ to stop public statement

  Documents show that Correctional Service Canada stopped Paul Bernardo from having his lawyer make a statement to the media as controversy swirled around his prison transfer.

  Canada

  Oct 25
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• Ottawa denies Bernardo transfer was due to Liberal law, points to Harper era

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said the transfer would not have happened if the Liberal government hadn't changed the law with Bill C-83 in 2019.

  Crime

  Jul 27
• CSC staff ‘worried the circus would begin’ before Bernardo transfer: emails

  A series of emails from Correctional Service Canada employees detail worry about the 'optics' and potential 'circus' around Paul Bernardo's prison transfer.

  Canada

  Jul 21
• Change ‘incomprehensible’ laws in Bernardo transfer: lawyer for victims’ families

  The families of two of serial killer Paul Bernardo are calling for changes to confinement standards in the wake of Bernardo's prisoner transfer being called "sound."

  Canada

  Jul 20
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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