Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise this morning to present a petition from the constituents of Saanich—Gulf Islands.
These petitioners want to raise an issue related to how critical it is that Canada pay attention to the educational system and improve the education of our young people around ecological and social economic crises, but particularly to focus on the environmental and sustainability concerns in order that the environmental education of Canada lead to Canadian leadership, in which it is understood that we do not trade off economic growth against a livable future.
The petitioners call on the House of Commons to take a leadership role in enacting a Canadian strategy to support educators, communicators and community leaders. We need to support them.
I am proud to say that my daughter is now a full-time environmental educator in the city of Vancouver, in the K-12 system.