Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from 200 residents of the Peterborough area who are concerned about the transfer of women to the men's penitentiary in Kingston.
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough and its supporters want this transfer stopped. All the evidence suggests that federally sentenced women, having already suffered from male abuse, will suffer more in a male dominated institution. These petitioners ask that the right thing be done in this case.