e-624 (Sex offenders)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-148-01 Government Response to petitions concerning sex offenders
- Child sexual abuse and exploitation
- Conditional release
- Consecutive sentences
- Criminal Code
- Mandatory sentencing
- Sex offenders
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- Reported sexual crimes against children have increased by 6% since 2013;
- An estimated 94% of sexual crimes go unreported;
- Persons convicted of sexual offences against children are often eligible for parole in a matter of months after their sentencing; and
- Serial sex offenders are able to serve concurrent sentences for multiple offences
- Open for signature
- November 14, 2016, at 12:24 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 14, 2017, at 12:24 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Mark Strahl
(Chilliwack—Hope)
April 6, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01257) - Government response tabled
- May 10, 2017