Mr. Speaker, over the course of the summer recess I received seven petitions bearing 883 signatures in total. The petitions come from the constituencies of Battlefords—Lloydminster, Regina—Qu'Appelle, Prince Albert, Churchill River and my own constituency of Cypress Hills—Grasslands. The seven petitions are similar in form and content. Therefore I will refer to only one of them.
The petitioners point out that there is no evidence that the registration of firearms will have any impeding effect on crime in this country. The petitioners point out that Bill C-68 would put an unnecessary burden on peace officers. The petitioners state that the search and seizure provisions of Bill C-68 would constitute a breach of traditional civil liberties.
Therefore, the petitioners humbly pray and call upon parliament to repeal Bill C-68 and all associated regulations with respect to firearms or ammunition and pass new legislation designed to severely penalize the criminal use of any weapon.
This brings to 3,989 the number of signatures that I have received on petitions of this nature in the last few months.