Then-public safety minister Marco Mendicino’s chief of staff was briefed by the head of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) about Paul Bernardo’s upcoming prison transfer almost two weeks before it happened — but the minister wasn’t told about it until after Bernardo had been moved, says an internal government email.
The Privy Council Office (PCO) email, obtained by CBC News, also shows Corrections Canada was in contact with the minister’s office about Bernardo’s transfer from maximum to medium security a total of seven times between February and May 2023, before Mendicino was briefed.
Those contacts included the minister’s communications staff being told about a possible change to the infamous
