Mr. Speaker, I too have some petitions I would like to table today, and with your permission I will read from one of them: "That because the inclusion of sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act will provide certain groups with special status, rights and privileges; that because these special rights and privileges would be granted solely on the basis of sexual behaviour; that because inclusion will infringe on the historic rights of Canadians, such as the freedom of religion, conscience, expression and association; therefore your petitioners call on Parliament to oppose any amendment to the Canadian Human Rights Act or the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which provides for the inclusion of the phrase sexual orientation".
In the House of Commons on June 7th, 1995. See this statement in context.