Mr. Speaker, I have a petition with a great number of names of people from various parts of my riding.
These people are concerned about the injustice in the way those who are convicted of driving while intoxicated are sentenced. They believe there are profound inadequacies in the sentencing practices concerning individuals convicted on impaired driving charges.
Therefore they pray and request that Parliament proceed immediately with amendments to the Criminal Code which will ensure that the sentence given to anyone convicted of driving while impaired or causing injury or death while impaired reflects both the severity of the crime and zero tolerance by Canada toward this crime.