Madam Speaker, tens of thousands of Canadians have signed petitions requesting parliamentarians to repeal section 745 of the Criminal Code.
Section 745 allows those convicted of first or second degree murder to have their parole ineligibility reduced to 15 years. There will be a vote later this day at 5.30 p.m. on a private member's bill which would do just that, that is repeal section 745 of the Criminal Code.
I have the privilege to present to Parliament some of those petitions today containing the names of several hundred petitioners requesting that Parliament repeal section 745. I urge members to be out this afternoon to vote in favour of the private member's bill.