Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of tabling several petitions today.
The first is in support of animal welfare in Canada. It is well known that there is scientific consensus and public acknowledgement that animals feel pain and they can experience suffering. Therefore the petition, which bears the signatures of a number of my constituents, calls upon the House to adopt effective animal welfare legislation.
I have another petition which calls on the government to adopt the universal declaration of animal welfare and to advocate in support of a UDAW.