Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I have the privilege of presenting two petitions to the House. Both petitions were signed by nearly 100 of my constituents, mostly from the Lloydminster area.
The first petition wants to draw the attention of the House to the fact that the majority of Canadians believe that the privileges which society accords to heterosexual couples should not be extended to same sex relationships. They request that Parliament not amend the human rights code, the Canadian Human Rights Act or the charter of rights and freedoms in any way which would tend to indicate societal approval of same sex relationships or of homosexuality, including amending the Canadian Human Rights Act to include it in the prohibited grounds of discrimination.