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UPDATE: Transfer of woman convicted in murder of Tori Stafford under review by federal government

The decision to move the woman convicted in the murder of an eight-year-old Woodstock girl from a prison to a healing lodge is under review.

After criticism of the move from Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has asked the Commissioner of Correctional Services to review the decision to transfer Terri-Lynne McClintic from a maximum security prison in Kitchener to an Indigenous healing lodge in Saskatchewan.

Trudeau says the review is being done to make sure the transfer of McClintic, who was convicted in the 2009 murder of Tori Stafford, was done in accordance with policy.

McClintic is serving an indeterminate life sentence and won’t be eligible for parole until May 19th, 2031.

Rodney Stafford, Tori’s father, tells the My Stratford Now Newsroom that he is still shocked that McClintic was transferred.

“It immediately floored me because why? She’s in prison for the murder of a child, it’s one of the most heinous crimes out there and now she’s less than 10 years into her sentence and she’s living it up better than probably a third of our Canadians.”

Goodale told CTV’s Power Play Tuesday that corrections officials would have taken public safety into concern when they made the decision to move McClintic.

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