Mr. Speaker, the final petition has to do with the funding of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
The petitioners would like to draw to the attention of the House that it is the objective scientific fact that a human being exists from fertilization, and that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research have recommended guidelines on stem cell research that includes the use of human embryos and aborted fetal tissue.
The petitioners therefore call upon Parliament to ban embryo research and direct that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to support and fund only promising ethical research that does not involve the destruction of human life.