Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36 I have six petitions to present, but I am only going to present one of them out of consideration for all my other colleagues on both sides of the House. I will save the others for another day.
The petition I am presenting today is from constituents from the city of Prince George and the towns of Mackenzie and Chetwynd in my riding, and also from Aurora, Ontario. These Canadians are concerned that divorce can have a detrimental affect on children and they note that equal shared parenting roles for both spouses after divorce would obviously be in the best interests of the child or children.
Therefore, they call upon Parliament to pass legislation to incorporate into the Divorce Act an equal shared parenting role for both parents following separation and guaranteed access to grandparents and siblings as dictated by the best interests of the child.