Madam Speaker, the third petition has been signed by a large number of residents of my constituency of Burnaby-Kingsway and elsewhere in British Columbia. It concerns the veterans of the merchant navy, co-ordinated by Roy Finlay of the Canadian Merchant Navy Association. It calls 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 World War II armed services.
In the House of Commons on June 12th, 1996. See this statement in context.