Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino doubled down Wednesday on what he knew about Paul Bernardo’s transfer amid resignation calls from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
Poilievre demanded Mendicino step down after the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) revealed it alerted the minister’s office months before the notorious rapist and serial killer was moved to a medium-security prison.
The CSC told Global News Wednesday it contacted Mendicino’s office by email on March 2 to inform them that Bernardo would be transferred from Millhaven Institution, a maximum-security penitentiary near Kingston, Ont.
A transfer date hadn’t been determined at that time. CSC then followed up with the minister’s office on May 25, telling them Bernardo would be transferred on May 29.