Madam Speaker, I have two petitions to present today pursuant to Standing Order 36.
The first petition is from a number of residents in my constituency of Regina-Lumsden and pertains to the Criminal Code of Canada, section 241, which states "everyone who counsels a person to commit suicide or (b) aids or 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 request 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.