Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition on the subject of marriage prepared by a number of Canadians including petitioners from my riding of Mississauga South. The petitioners would like to draw to the attention of the House that the majority of Canadians believe that the fundamental matters of social policy should be decided by elected members of Parliament, not by the unelected judiciary. They therefore call upon Parliament to use all necessary legislative and administrative measures, including the invocation of section 33 of the charter, commonly known as the notwithstanding clause, to preserve and protect the current definition of marriage being the legal union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
In the House of Commons on March 24th, 2005. See this statement in context.