Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased and honoured to be able to present several petitions signed by hundreds of Canadians who are very concerned about the matter of health problems caused by drinking alcoholic beverages. In fact the petitioners acknowledge that fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol related birth defects are preventable by avoiding alcohol during pregnancy.
They call upon parliament to mandate the labelling of alcoholic products to warn pregnant women and other persons of certain dangers associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages.