moved for leave to introduce Bill C-248, an act to amend the Criminal Code (prostitution).
Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to introduce this bill in the House.
In my riding of New Westminster-Burnaby prostitution is a problem. Constituents are very concerned. They feel the only action taken so far was to move the prostitutes from one side of the railway track to the other, and I say that in a literal sense.
My community asked me to represent it and to take real action from the federal standpoint. My constituents want amendments made to the Criminal Code in order to make penalties tougher and control easier.
Currently in section 213 of the Criminal Code public communication to obtain sexual services only carries a penalty of summary conviction.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)