moved for leave to introduce Bill C-316, an act to amend the Transfer of Offenders Act (removal of foreign offenders).
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to reintroduce my private member's bill entitled an act to amend the Transfer of Offenders Act (removal of foreign offenders).
This is a companion bill to Bill C-292, the immigration enforcement improvement act, which I reintroduced on November 1.
The bill was first introduced in the 35th parliament following the 1994 murders of Georgina Leimonis and police constable Todd Baylis in Toronto. Non-citizens who had been evading deportation from Canada committed both murders.
Under the current legislation, foreign offenders cannot be removed from Canada unless they request to be removed and if their country of origin agrees to accept them. The bill would help to speed up the removal from Canada of non-citizens convicted of serious offences. I would encourage all members of the House to lend their support to this initiative.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)