Mr. Speaker, I have the pleasure today of presenting two petitions.
The first petition is from the residents of Kenora and Dryden, Ontario, on the topic of the Experimental Lakes Area.
In the 2012 omnibus budget, the government made the decision to close the ELA, one of the world's leading freshwater research stations, depriving Canadians of the groundbreaking scientific advancements it provided. The petitioners call upon Parliament to reverse that decision.