Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office were told in March that serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo could be transferred from a maximum to a medium-security prison.
PMO spokesperson Alison Murphy told CBC that a staff member was alerted by the Privy Council Office to a possible transfer and subsequently contacted Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office.
“That was the right step to take given the Public Safety Minister’s responsibility for the Correctional Service of Canada,” Murphy said in a media statement.
Murphy also said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was informed of the transfer on May 29. Mendicino’s office has said the
