Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition to amend the Young Offenders Act to reflect a change in the character of young offenders by increasing the maximum penalty for violent crimes, such as first and second degree murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault and armed robbery, to double the maximum penalty and to allow the publication of the young offenders' names after a second indictable offence, to lower the age limit which defines a young person to include only those youth between the ages of 10 and 17 and, with violent crimes, youth aged 15 or older should be transferred to adult court.
I submit this petition signed by over 200 petitioners in and around my constituency.