TILSON LASHES OUT AT SENATE AGAIN FOR DELAY OF VIOLENT CRIME BILL

Dufferin - Caledon MP David Tilson quoted both MADD (Mothers Against
Drunk Driving) Canada and the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness
when he rose again in the House of Commons last week to question the
ongoing delay in the Senate of the Tackling Violent Crime Act.

"Mr. Speaker, another week has passed," Tilson was quoted as saying,
"and again I am forced to question why the leader of the Official
Opposition allows his Liberal colleagues in the Senate to block
passage of a bill offering legal protection for Canadian families?"

The National President of MADD Canada Margaret Miller was also quoted
as saying, "We plead with the Senators in the Committee and in the
Chamber, don't delay passing Bill C-2."

"With the increasing rates of marijuana use and drugimpaired driving
incidents in our country, we need this drug impaired driving
legislation," commented Miller. "Bill C-2 will save lives and reduce
impaired driving incidents on our roads."

"As a father, I am deeply concerned about the delay of this
long-overdue legislation," Tilson said in his Parliament Hill office
last week. "Families across Canada will benefit from this bill. I
urge the Senate to pass it as quickly as possible."

Even though the bill passed in the House after just a month of
debate, The Liberal-dominated Senate has delayed the legislation for
more than two months, Tilson charged.