Mr. Speaker, lastly, I have a large number of petitions in regard to the marriage issue. The ones I am submitting today are mainly from Ontario and British Columbia but there are names from all parts of Canada.
They ask that in regard to the fundamental matters of social policy, Parliament should make that decision, not the unelected judiciary. The majority of Canadians support the current legal definition of marriage and therefore they say that it is the duty of Parliament to ensure that marriage is defined as Canadians wish. They are asking us to use all possible legislative and administrative measures, including the invoking of section 33 of the charter, if necessary, to preserve and protect the current definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.