Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present to the House today.
The first petition is for the Minister of National Defence concerning the Valcartier cadets and an explosion that occurred in 1974, killing six cadets and injuring some 60 others.
The petition is signed by a number of residents of Quebec.
They are calling on the Minister of National Defence to ask the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman to investigate this situation and to make recommendations to the government on how to help these former cadets.
It is an important matter. Permission has been granted.
The 40th anniversary of this explosion is July 30 of this year.