Following the controversial decision by Correction Services Canada to transfer convicted child murderer Terri-Lynne McClintic to a prison with no fences, a petition has been sponsored by a Member of Parlament hoping to reverse the transfer.

The decision to sponsor the E-petition comes from Cypress Hills-Grasslands MP David Anderson, hoping to show the public's displeasure for this decision.

In a written statement, Anderson said that he had two specific people in mind who he would want to showcase this to.

"My office has received multiple calls and emails from constituents voicing their concern and anger over the decision by Corrections Canada to transfer the woman that murdered eight-year-old Tori Stafford to our area. This petition creates a means for residents to send a strong message to the Prime Minister and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale that this is not acceptable."

Anderson went on to say that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is acting disappointingly in this scenario.

"This Prime Minister and his MPs continue to resist our calls to put McClintic back behind bars. Trudeau and his Liberals failed the people of Maple Creek and area, and the Stafford family, by refusing to do the right thing. The government has the moral, legal and political authority to act to correct this injustice."

In a previous interview with Liberal MP Marco Mendicino where he spoke on this issue, he said that Trudeau did not have the power to overturn the decision made by Corrections Services Canada.

Mendicino said that what he thought needed to be done in this situation was done in the correct manner.

"These are decisions which are taken by Correctional Services Canada, there is nothing in the law about the Prime Minister having ultimate responsibility for these decisions, there are powers under the act that allows for the Minister of Public Saftey to order a review, and this is what minister (Ralph) Goodale has done in this instance."

Before being moved to the medium to minimum security facility with no gates, McClintic inhabited the Grand Valley Institution for Women, a maximum, medium, and minimum security prison in Ontario.