Mr. Speaker, I am proud to once again rise in the House pursuant to Standing Order 36 to present several petitions bearing many hundreds of names on behalf of constituents of Kent, Lambton, Sarnia and Essex. The petitioners wish to draw the attention of the House to the following.
The majority of Canadians are law-abiding citizens who respect the law. They respect the sanctity of human life and believe that physicians should be working to save lives, not to end them.
Therefore, the petitioners pray that Parliament ensures 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.