Carol Cardinal 

Carol Cardinal is an employee of the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.  She started to work as a volunteer in the Cornwall Probation and Parole office in 1981.  On 10 May 1982 she was hired to replace Nelson Barque. Barque had been permitted to resign after acknowledging he sexual assaulted a probationer.

Carol Cardinal testified at the Cornwall Public Inquiry 18 December 2007

19 December 2007: 32 probationers claim they were abused: witness

19 December 2007: Probation Officer Makes Three Recommendations

18 December 2007: Inquiry Hears Hard Numbers On Claims Of Abuse