Domestic Violence Bail Reform Petition

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Canadian Domestic Violence Bail Reform Petition

Click here to sign the petition online:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/HelenLaw/petition.html

To the House of Commons in Parliament assembled:
We, the undersigned citizens of Canada wish to draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following:

Women continue to be murdered and violently assaulted in Canada by estranged spouses or boyfriends. Many of these murders have taken place while the perpetrators are out on bail after having been charged with violent crimes against the women. Often it is the second or third time the accused has been charged and often they are in violation of a Peace Bond.

An example of this tragic situation is the case of Heather Stewart who was severely assaulted by her ex-boyfriend who not only caused her to lose one eye and injured her daughter, but also murdered her mother, Helen Slichta, who had tried to intervene to protect her. The attack occurred while he was awaiting trial for assaulting Heather and while on bail despite having previously breached his bail conditions.

Heather’s case and those of many others, demonstrate the need for action to prevent future tragedies. Therefore, your petitioners request that the House of Commons make legislative changes to better empower the judiciary and law enforcement to protect victims of domestic violence.

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Domestic Violence Bail Reform Petition formally introduced and registered

The printed version of the Domestic Violence Bail Reform Petition (not the online one) with addresses and actual signatures was submitted in Ottawa to Joe Comartin MP by Heather, her daughter Amanda,…Continue

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Comment by ROSE on November 16, 2010 at 7:19pm: Hi Marilyn, No number, just as many as we can get. Collecting names will be going on for a while....

Comment by Marilyn Jones on November 16, 2010 at 7:13pm: Do you have a number you are looking for, before you send the petition to our mp Joe Comartin

Comment by ROSE on July 2, 2010 at 2:47pm: Please consider collecting actual signatures and sending them to MP Joe Comartin: DV_BailReformPETITION.pdf

Comment by Heather Stewart on June 5, 2010 at 8:20am: well since mentioning the petition and get into it and of course the tears start coming down my face, people just reach out and grab the petition and sign it. wel three pages and counting!! Lets make changes to protect others from this happening again. Like i mentioned to Barbara Mills (such a wonderful Lady) that reached out to me if i make a difference to only one woman then this whole fight was even worth it but lets just hope for Helen's Law to be passed to protect all the woman out there in domestic situations cause these men DO NOT CHANGE!!! I lost my mom and left side of my face but i am still a fighter and with everyones help it Will happen. Thanks to all the wonderful people out there for helping me with this battle and to Chris from BC for being such a support. I will march up the walk of parliament hill with I hope a huge envelope to meet Mr Joe Comartin in person and present the signed petitions to him. Any wanting to sign the paper document i can always email it and you can print it and maybe get more signatures then mail the paper back to me or something. Thanks again to everyone.

Comment by ROSE on June 4, 2010 at 11:30pm: The signed petitions will go to MP Joe Comartin who will take the petition to Parliament and speak in favour of legal changes:

Joe Comartin
Constituency Office
1304 B Lauzon Road,
Windsor, Ontario
N8S 3N1
Telephone: (519) 988-1826
Fax: (519) 988-0152

Parliament Hill Office
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6