Mr. Speaker, today I have the solemn responsibility pursuant to Standing Order 36 to table a certified petition.
The petition prays for more severe penalties for those convicted of violent offences, the release of names of those young offenders convicted of murder, sex crimes and other violent assaults and the automatic transfer to adult court for those young offenders charged with sex crimes and murder.
The petition results from the fatal shooting of Carrie Lynn Pinard in the summer of 1992. The Pinard and Racine families of Welland who are with us today in the gallery have worked hard to bring this issue and this petition to the government's attention.
It is sad that such a petition has to be brought to the attention of the House. It is significant that over 54,000 people have signed it.