moved for leave to introduce Bill C-431, an act to amend the Criminal Code (probation order).
Mr. Speaker, the effort of this bill is to force judges, prior to sentencing offenders, to determine whether offenders have ever been on probation and how well they have conducted themselves during the period that the order was in force. This would assist in keeping the offenders, who tend to violate probation orders, off probation and onto other formsof sentencing available to the judges.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)