Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present. The first is on the subject matter of same-sex marriage.
The petitioners want to remind Canadians that on June 10, 2003, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that same-sex couples must have the legal right to marry. They also wanted to point out that under the current Constitution the provinces and the federal government can invoke the notwithstanding clause, section 33, to override the charter by passing legislation acknowledging the override.
The petitioners call upon Parliament to invoke the notwithstanding clause and pass a law so that only two persons of the opposite sex can be married.