Pursuant to Standing Order 31, I have the privilege of presenting to Parliament a petition signed by many people from around my riding and around Toronto.
Whereas the incidence of violence against women and children is unacceptable, the undersigned, your petitioners, humbly pray and call upon Parliament to accept legislation designed to eliminate violence against women and children, encourage and support women to report incidents of assault or abuse, provide assistance and support for women reporting assault or abuse, and also the need for abuser rehabilitation and a special effort on the training of police, lawyers, court workers and judges to become knowledgeable about women and child abuse and to focus public attention on this very important and long ignored problem.