Mr. Speaker, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order 36, to present a petition today on behalf of Helen Hawthorn and 25 other residents of North Vancouver and Vancouver.
The petitioners draw the attention of the House to the fact that the Constitution Act of 1982 guarantees freedom of conscience and religion in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that recognition of conscientious objection exists in Canada.
They pray and call on the Parliament of Canada to establish peace tax legislation by passing into law the private member's bill of the member for Burnaby-Kingsway, the conscientious objection act.