Mr. Speaker, the petitioners of Ontario recognize that the lack of a nationally coordinated plan involving all relevant federal departments contributed to the financial devastation in Toronto and, more important, the deaths resulting from SARS.
Therefore the petitioners request that Parliament recognize that the Canadian Emergency Preparedness College is essential to training Canadians for these types of emergency situations, that the facility should stay in Arnprior, and that the government should upgrade the facilities in order to provide the necessary training to Canadians that we have seen is so necessary.