Mr. Speaker, I have a petition signed by 150 constituents from Wetaskiwin. They say that the CRTC on July 22, 1997 refused to license four religious television broadcasters including one Roman Catholic service and three multidenominational services. On that same day the CRTC did license the pornographic Playboy channel television service.
These people believe that they have a constitutional right to freedom of religion, conscience and expression. Therefore the petitioners pray that Parliament review the mandate of the CRTC and direct it to administer a new policy which will encourage the licensing of religious broadcasts.