Mr. Speaker, I wish to present two petitions. The first one deals with the issue of stem cells.
The petitioners would like to draw to the attention of Parliament that Canadians support ethical stem cell research, which has already shown encouraging potential to provide the cures and therapies that Canadians need.
They also want to point out that non-embryonic stem cells, which are also known as adult stem cells, have also shown significant progress without the immune rejection or ethical problems associated with embryonic stem cells.
The petitioners therefore call upon Parliament to focus its legislative support on adult stem cell research to find those cures and therapies for Canadians.