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Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the government is 'committed to reducing the risk' of COVID-19 in prisons, where there is yet to be a confirmed case in the inmate population, but would not say whether his office is considering release of low-risk prisoners as advocates have urged. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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