Liberals, Bloc Push Back on Tory Attempt to Probe Killers’ Transfers to Medium-Security Jail

An attempt by the Conservatives to launch an in-depth committee study into the transfer of notorious killers, such as Luka Magnotta, to medium-security prison has been quashed by Liberal and Bloc MPs. The Conservatives initiated a special meeting of the House of Commons public safety committee on March 11, following the recent news that Mr. Magnotta had been moved out of maximum-security in 2022. Mr. Magnotta was jailed for killing and dismembering a university student and is serving an indeterminate life sentence. The transfer of Paul Bernardo to medium-security in May 2023 had caused an uproar and was studied in committee last fall. Mr. Bernardo is serving an indeterminate life sentence for the kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder of teenagers Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in the 1990s....