Bill 117 passed second reading in the Ontario Legislature on December 4, 2008. I have created an official petition that will be presented to the investigative committee in early 2009. Please let me know if you are willing to print the new petition and pass it around to collect signatures. It will have to come back to me at a later date. If you could get it to all places of business that are willing to take it that would be a big help as well. MPP Helena Jaczek has been quoting statistics from Smartrisk.com and admits she is unclear if the numbers she uses represent street legal motorcycles or off road vehicles. Since Smartrisk stats are very much different than what I found on the Ministry of Transportation website I think we can all answer that for her. We need to get the word out there to everyone including those who don't ride. I am happy to explain it to all and will respond to any and all email inquiries at [email protected] You can help now by writing a letter to the legislative committee as this matter has now been turned over to them. You can find out how to go about it here: http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/go2.jspPage=/getting-involved/committee_participation_submit&menuItem=getting_involved_participate_committee&locale=en Thank you once again for your support. I hope you will continue to fight with me, I need you now more than ever. Regina We, the residents of Ontario and the undersigned are against Bill 117 which will if passed, make it illegal for anyone 14 years of age or under to ride as a passenger on a motorcycle on the roadways of Ontario. If arguing under the guise of protecting youth from preventable injuries lets then make it illegal for children to ride in cars, take them off their bicycles, their snowmobiles, their soccer fields. Pull them out of their hockey skates, their playgrounds, their canoes. Lock them in their homes for goodness sake...its the only way!