There is a serious technical gap in the law which has been identified by the New Westminster city police in my riding as they have a storefront office in a local mall. To come to the aid of the community which is being subjected to this loophole in the law, I am proposing an amendment to section 41 of the Criminal Code, making it a summary conviction for a person who has already been lawfully removed from real property or a dwelling house not to be able to lawfully return for 24 hours. The Criminal Code is full of gaps like this one and while this bill may only fill one of the holes, it is certainly a good start. Our laws need to support the law-abiding citizen rather than provide a legal invitation for repeated mischief without ensuing consequences. In my riding of New Westminster-Burnaby prostitution is a problem.
Constituents are very concerned.
They feel the only action taken so far was to move the prostitutes from one side of the railway track to the other, and I say that in a literal sense. My community asked me to represent it and to take real action from the federal standpoint. My constituents want amendments made to the Criminal Code in order to make penalties tougher and control easier. This is unacceptable to Canadians who want a little more certainty as to when they will go to the ballot box. This bill would not contravene the Constitution Act of Canada, but would make changes to existing legislation so there would be fixed elections.