Madam Speaker, I have with me today eight sets of petitions from the people in my riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam and across the province of British Columbia on the need for amendments to the Young Offenders Act.
These petitions are a follow-up on the huge outpouring of support for changes to the Young Offenders Act which was demonstrated in a rally held in my riding on September 25. These are part and only part of nearly 15,000 signatures collected from concerned Canadians.
This is an issue that will not go away. It is the responsibility of Parliament to respond to these legitimate concerns. It is with this directive that I table these eight petitions containing some 7,000 of those signatures.