Mr. Speaker, I also have a petition to present from constituents in Erie riding. It reads in part:
Whereas a majority of Canadians believe that the privileges which society accords to heterosexual couples should not be extended to same sex relationships;
And whereas societal approval, including the extension of societal privileges, would be given to same sex relationships if any amendment to the Canadian
Human Rights Act were to include the undefined phrase "sexual orientation" as a grounds of discrimination;
Therefore your petitioners pray and request that Parliament not 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-