Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition from 110 British Columbians, many of them from my riding of Vancouver East.
The petitioners would like to draw the attention of Parliament to the continuing military offence in Sri Lanka and the arrest in Toronto of Mr. Manickavasagam Suresh.
The petitioners call upon Parliament to ensure Canadian neutrality so that the national conflict in Sri Lanka is not jeopardized; to intervene immediately and release Mr. Suresh; to take action to lift economic embargo and press censorship in the north and east of Sri Lanka; to allow freedom of movement of the civilians in the north and east of Sri Lanka without fear, intimidation, and terror; and to resolve the conflict between the Tamil people and the Sri Lankan government through peaceful negotiations between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE, the representative of the Tamil people.