House of Commons Hansard #86 of the 35th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was agreement.
Ted McWhinney Liberal Vancouver Quadra, BC
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition with 179 signatories from Vancouver Quadra, my constituency, and from Vancouver generally, including many senior citizens.
The petition asks that the House refuse the repeal or amendment of section 241 of the Criminal Code and expresses at the same time approval of the Supreme Court decision of September 30, 1993 refusing assisted suicide or euthanasia.
Jean-Robert Gauthier Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have four petitions, pursuant to Standing Order 36, which have been certified correct as to form and content.
The first petition deals with abortion and proposes that we amend the Criminal Code to extend the same protection enjoyed by born human beings to unborn human beings.
Jean-Robert Gauthier Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, the next two petitions deal with sexual orientation. They ask Parliament to amend the human rights code to include in the prohibited grounds of discrimination the undefined phrase sexual orientation.
Jean-Robert Gauthier Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, my final petition is on euthanasia. It asks Parliament to make
no changes in the law that would sanction or allow the aiding or abetting of suicide or active or passive euthanasia.
Sharon Hayes Reform Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today from my constituents in Port Moody-Coquitlam.
The first is in memory of Dawn Shaw and it requests that Parliament enact legislation to change the justice system to provide greater protection for children from sexual assault and to ensure the conviction of offenders.
Sharon Hayes Reform Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, the second petition from my constituents asks that Parliament not repeal or amend section 241 of the Criminal Code in any way and to uphold the Supreme Court of Canada decision of September 30, 1993 to disallow assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Brenda Chamberlain Liberal Guelph—Wellington, ON
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I am honoured to present a petition on behalf of 53 Canadians.
The petition asks Parliament to amend the Income Tax Act to exclude child support payments from the taxable income of custodial parents.
Gilbert Fillion Bloc Chicoutimi, QC
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I have the honour to table a petition signed by close to 1,500 residents from my riding of Chicoutimi and the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.
The petitioners oppose the repeated attacks on retired people's income, and they ask Parliament to reject any measure which would adversely affect retired people's income. In Quebec, over 52 per cent of the retired population is already living below the poverty level.
I fully support that petition and I urge the government to follow up on it.
Daphne Jennings Reform Mission—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I would like to present petitions on behalf of my constituents to request Parliament to not amend the human rights code, Canadian Human Rights Act or the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to include the undefined phrase sexual orientation.
Daphne Jennings Reform Mission—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, I would like again today to add more petitions on behalf of Canadian grandparents who ask Parliament to amend the Divorce Act to ensure the right of access of grandparents to their grandchildren.
It is the hope of this member that all members of the House will support our grandparents and bring about the necessary changes to protect both the grandchildren and the grandparents.
Joe McGuire Liberal Egmont, PE
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to present a petition under Standing Order 36 on behalf of the member of Parliament for Kent. His constituents petition in regard to the building of an ethanol plant in his riding which will create 1,100 person-years of work.
They petition the government to maintain the present exemption on the excise portion of ethanol for a decade. This would allow for a strong and self-sufficient ethanol industry to develop in Canada.
On his behalf I present this to the House.
Michel Guimond Bloc Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans, QC
Mr. Speaker, since this is my first experience at tabling a petition, I simply want to mention that this petition is not against bilingualism and the Official Languages Act, as is regularly the case with petitions tabled by Reform Party members, and nor is it a petition such as the one tabled by the member for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, which aimed at-
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Kilger)
Order. I believe I am entitled to ask the hon. member to table his petition in accordance with the form and practice in use in the House, and not get into a debate.
Michel Guimond Bloc Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am tabling a petition signed by thousands of Canadians asking the government to continue to subsidize VIA Rail.
These Canadians, who are members of the association called Rural Dignity of Canada, demand that the federal government hold public hearings and consultations before making any decision on cuts and abandonment of lines proposed by VIA Rail.
Quebec and Canadian citizens also demand that a one-year moratorium be immediately imposed on the closure of any railway line.
Murray Calder Liberal Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe, ON
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I am presenting to the House a petition which carries over 4,700 signatures.
The petition was initiated by Connie Murray of Clifford, Ontario in the memory of the tragic shooting and death of 25-year old Joan Heimbecker.
The petitioners pray and call upon Parliament to enact legislation which would grant no parole for convicted criminals and that life sentences be carried out for the full duration of the convict's life.
Val Meredith Reform Surrey—White Rock—South Langley, BC
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure, particularly today when I introduced my private member's bill, to present a petition from 103 constituents.
The petitioners feel that the government's attempt on gun control against legitimate gun users is not the route to go. They ask that Parliament not accept that proposal but to bring forward legislation that would deal with the criminal use of firearms.
It is my pleasure to present this petition to the House.
Charlie Penson Reform Peace River, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have before me a petition which has been signed by 32 members of my riding of Peace River. The petition deals with the subject of assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Section 241 of the Criminal Code states that everyone who counsels a person to commit suicide or aids and abets a person to commit suicide whether suicide ensues or not is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.
The petitioners therefore pray that Parliament not repeal or amend section 241 of the Criminal Code in any way.
Pat O'Brien Liberal London—Middlesex, ON
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, it is my pleasure to present a petition signed by 150 residents throughout southwestern Ontario. These petitioners pray and call upon Parliament to amend the National Energy Board Act in order to provide intervener funding when residents are involved in proceedings relative to a pipeline.
Peter Adams Liberal Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from almost 300 people in the township of Smith and other parts of Peterborough county. It concerns the selection of waste disposal sites.
I will summarize this extremely well phrased petition. The petitioners feel that the problems of selecting waste disposal sites are not being properly addressed at present. They also believe that good agricultural land is not being protected.
The petitioners request that Parliament refer this matter to the ministers of environment and agriculture in the hope that discussions with the provinces will result in a national approach to waste management.
Peter Adams Liberal Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a second petition from 107 people in Peterborough riding. These people are concerned about the sale of the so-called killer cards.
The petitioners call upon Parliament to amend the laws of Canada to prohibit the importation, distribution, sale and manufacture of so-called killer cards in law and to advise producers of killer cards that their products if destined for Canada will be seized and destroyed.
I have signed both these petitions.
Don Boudria Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Kilger)
Shall all questions stand?
Don Boudria Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all notices of motions for the production of papers be allowed to stand.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Kilger)
Shall all notices of motions for the production of papers stand?