Mr. Speaker, the second petition is signed by hundreds of Canadians of Hungarian descent. They raise various concerns and ask the government to raise their concerns through diplomatic channels.
The petitioners are concerned about the preservation of basic human rights of the indigenous Hungarian minorities living outside the borders of present day Hungary, which include 2.5 million in Romania, 800,000 in Slovakia, 350,000 in Serbia and 160,000 in the Ukraine. They outline various human rights abuses that have occurred to the Hungarian minorities in those countries.
The petitioners pray that Parliament voice their concerns and protest toward those named governments and remind them of their duty to respect democratic principles and basic human rights as guaranteed by the United Nations charter of rights, and as signatories of the Helsinki accords respecting minority rights.
Mr. Speaker, I also have petitions signed by people in Calgary and other areas in Alberta. They call upon Parliament not to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act or the charter of rights and freedoms in any way which would tend to indicate societal approval of same sex relationships or of homosexuality, including amending the Canadian Human Rights Act to include in the prohibited grounds of discrimination the undefined phrase of sexual orientation.