Mr. Speaker, the second petition, a very lengthy petition and signed by members of the city of Kamloops as well as, interestingly, Fredericton, New Brunswick, points out a whole set of arguments against the MAI and simply calls on Parliament to urge the government to reject the current framework of MAI negotiations and instructs the government to seek an entirely different agreement by which the world might achieve a rules based global trading regime that protects workers, the environment and the ability of government to act in the public interest.
In the House of Commons on March 19th, 1998. See this statement in context.