The political fallout from Paul Bernardo’s prison transfer
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The Minister's Office Did Not Inform Bernardo of the Transfer Decision
Mendocino and those who have come to a defense from the Liberal Party argue that politicians shouldn't be meddling in decisions like this. Perhaps his staff are younger and they didn't grow up at a time when Paul Bernardo was in the news, perhaps they didn't know who he was. I've directly asked the office that. They have assured me they say that they all did know who Bernardo was. The explanation that they gave me was that they were internally exploring options to figure out if the transfer decision could be changed or not.
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