Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition from citizens of the Peterborough area who are concerned about Antarctica. The petitioners point out that Antarctica is a pristine and scientifically valuable environment but that Canada, despite being a polar nation, lags behind nations as far as environmental initiatives in Antarctica are concerned.
The environmental protocol to the Antarctic treaty system presents practical guidelines concerning environmental issues in Antarctica. These citizens call upon the parliament of a country which is signatory to the environmental protocol to ratify all of the said protocol's guidelines in Canadian law.