Mr. Speaker, I stand before the House to present a petition signed by residents of northern Ontario.
The heading of the petition reads: "The majority of Canadians believe that physicians in Canada should be working to save lives, not to end them".
Therefore the petitioners pray that Parliament ensure that the present provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada prohibiting assisted suicide be enforced vigorously and that Parliament make no changes in the law which would sanction or allow the aiding or abetting of suicide or active or passive euthanasia.
I would like to thank and congratulate the petitioners for their efforts in making their views known to me and to the House. I concur with and support their efforts.