Mr. Speaker, I have a petition containing 350 names from Quadra Island and the nearby area in my riding.
The petition states that despite the UN resolutions affirming the rights of the East Timorese people to self-determination, the Indonesian military has continued to occupy East Timor, inflicted violence and caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of East Timorese.
The petitioners ask that the government support a UN referendum for an independent East Timor, impose a ban on the sale of military equipment to Indonesia and end all government funding for the promotion of trade with Indonesia as long as it continues to illegally occupy East Timor.