(Return tabled) Question No. 994 Mr. Rob Anders: With regard to recidivism rates for parolees, for each of the five most recent years that data is available, broken down by province or territory: (a) what is the total number of criminals released on parole from federal custody; (b) for each type of parolee, what is the total number who were convicted of (i) violent, (ii) non-violent, (iii) drug-related crimes; (c) how many of each of these three categories of parolees violated their parole conditions; (d) for each of these categories, how many of these parole violations involved violence; (e) for each of these categories, what was th ...[+++]e nature of each of these violent violations; and (f) for each of these categories, how many of each of these parole violations resulted in the parolee being re-incarcerated?

78. Takes note of the Council Conclusions of October 2009 that put an end to all sanctions on Uzbekistan and confirmed the willingness of the EU to strengthen relations with that country in a comprehensive manner; recalls that the level of the engagement depends on progress by Uzbekistan in the fields of human rights, democratisation and the rule of law and the fight against drug trafficking, and expects the EEAS and the Council to develop a policy of critical, conditional and coherent European engagement with Uzbekistan;

With respect to victims of crime, the National Parole Board has supported the active participation of victims in hearings for many years as a matter of policy.

Laurier's act, An Act to provide for the Conditional Liberation of Penitentiary Convicts, 1899, was short-titled the " Ticket of Leave Act" . He patterned this act on the United Kingdom's Prime Minister William Gladstone's act.

The Council TAKES NOTE that during the same debate the European Parliament signified its agreement to the Commission's interpretation of this text" (iii) Statement re first indent of Article 4, point (c), of the Directive dealing with conditional access to digital television and reading as follows: "Member States shall take all the necessary measures to ensure that the operators of conditional access services, irrespective of the means of transmission, who produce and market access services to digital television services: - offer to a ...[+++]ll broadcasters, on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis, technical services enabling the broadcasters' digitally-transmitted services to be received by viewers authorized by means of decoders administered by the service operators, and comply with Community competition law, in particular if a dominant position appears; "". The Council and the Commission state that the first indent of Article 4, point (c): - applies to any provider of conditional access services operating on a cable, terrestrial or satellite broadcasting network in relation to broadcasters who have access to that network under the national procedures in force and wish to benefit from that conditional access service; - does not seek to impose an obligation to offer to any broadcaster access for television services to packages or tiers of television services configured and/or administered by the provider, or services involving transparent distribution to subscribers; - only requires Member States to ensure that broadcasters may have access to conditional access services and that the obligation in Article 4, point (c) does not extend to the underlying network.

(128) Justice Canada, News release, “Financial Assistance for Victims to Attend National Parole Board Hearings and Creation of a National Office for Victims,” Ottawa, 20 October 2005; Justice Canada, Backgrounder, “National Office for Victims,” Ottawa, last updated 20 October 2005; and Justice Canada, “The Victims Fund, Fact Sheet, Financial Assistance for Victims to Attend National Parole Board Hearings,” Ottawa, last updated 21 October 2005.