Madam Speaker, I have two petitions today.
In the first one, the petitioners draw to the attention of the House that the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman is being challenged and that this hon. House passed a motion in June 1999 that called for marriage to continue to be defined as a union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. Therefore, the petitioners call on Parliament to pass legislation to recognize the institution of marriage in federal law as being the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.