Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition on behalf of 50 or so of my constituents from communities including Grand Beach, Grand Bank, Fortune and Salt Pond. The petition has to do with the merchant navy.
The petitioners call on Parliament to consider the advisability of extending benefits or compensation to veterans of the wartime merchant navy equal to that enjoyed by veterans of Canada's World War II armed services.
I have much pleasure in presenting this petition and ask that it be referred to the appropriate department.