Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to submit a petition signed by more than 4,000 residents of my riding of Québec-Est and several other areas of the province of Quebec. Their names should be added to the 5,000 which are on petitions already submitted, and I will add 13,000 more tomorrow.
The petitioners are asking Parliament to urge the Minister of Immigration to reconsider the decision of his department to expel the Maraloï family from Vanier, and to allow this family to stay in Canada where, after three years, it is very well integrated. I wholeheartedly support this petition and I urge the government to follow up on it.