Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition signed by some 47 residents of Calgary who expressed their concern about the July 22, 1997 decision by the Canadian Radio and Television Commission to license the Playboy channel at the same time that it denied a license to four religious broadcasters, including the International Catholic Broadcast.
These petitioners pray that Parliament will review the mandate of the CRTC and direct the commission to administer a new policy which will permit and encourage the licensing of religious broadcasters to end this mark on freedom of expression in Canada.