Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to present a petition that deals with the issue of animal testing.
The petitioners are from throughout the GTA, including Toronto, Mississauga, and Ajax. They ask the government to look at our current laws in relation to animal cruelty and compare them to what is done in the European Union, where half of the global cosmetic market exists and where they have prohibited the importation and sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. Norway, India, and Israel have acted similarly.
The petitioners call on the House to act to ensure that we ban the use of animal testing for the purpose of cosmetics.