Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I would like to present a couple of petitions.
The first petition is signed by several people in the constituency of Beaver River from Thorhild and some from Edmonton. Who knows, Mr. Speaker, they may even be your constituents.
The petitioners ask Parliament to be aware of the fact that societal approval, including the extension of societal privileges, would be given to same sex relationships if any amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act were to include the undefined phrase sexual orientation. They find that frustrating and discriminatory.
They call on 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.