Mr. Speaker, vehicular theft is a serious problem not only in the large urban areas but in many smaller communities as well.
That is the case in my constituency. One person died and another was seriously injured in a recent auto theft. Citizens feel that there is no deterrent through sentences handed down from the courts and that individuals found guilty of vehicular theft causing permanent bodily harm or ultimately death should receive the utmost penalty offered by the courts.
The petitioners call upon parliament to enact changes to the criminal code governing vehicular theft whereby harsher sentencing would be applied by the courts to those found guilty as charged.