Mr. Speaker, the second petition, again signed by hundreds of people from my riding of Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, calls upon parliament to enact legislation to repeal the Young Offenders Act and replace it with an act that will provide adequate penalties to protect society and at the same time to work with the provinces to implement prevention programs such as a national head start program and address the root causes of crime.
In the House of Commons on October 2nd, 1998. See this statement in context.