Trafficking Bill in the House TODAY

A note from France concerning the goings on at home:

Source: http://4mycanada.ca/Emails/20090914.html

MANDATORY MINIMUMS MOVES UP IN THE AGENDA: Joy Smith's human trafficking bill, C-268 which would create mandatory minimum sentences for anyone who trafficks a child in the sex trade, will be going to debate in the House of Commons Tuesday, September 15th @ 5:30pm EST. This bill would create a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for anyone who trafficks a minor, and a minimum sentence of six years for anyone who kidnaps and trafficks a minor. Currently, convicted traffickers in Canada are getting sentences of less than two years.
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Following this hour of debate, Bill C-268 will only need one more hour of debate before a final vote. After a final vote in the House of Commons, Bill C-268 will move to the Senate. HOWEVER, there is a non-confidence vote this Friday in the House of Commons that could send Canada into an election. If Canada does go into an election, this bill will "die" on the floor with all of the other bills that have not passed yet.
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BE A VOICE: Contact your Member of Parliament and ask them to support C-268 at third vote, and to make this issue a priority if we go into an election. In the past, well-supported Private Members Bills that have not made it through Parliament before an election have become part of the Party's platform and have re-surfaced as Government Bills in the following Parliament. Since this Bill has been widely supported by many MPs, regardless of their political party, if we go into an election this is an issue that every Member of Parliament can (and should) make part of their platform.