Mr. Speaker, I have four petitions to present today.
The first petition comes from citizens across this country. More than 30,000 Canadians have signed this petition. It is a petition recognizing that there is an ongoing genocide happening in Gaza, that civilians in Gaza are enduring prolonged periods without food as aid is blocked, that UN agencies confirm mass starvation, that nearly 90% of Gaza's population has been forcibly displaced and that the United Nations, the International Criminal Court and human rights experts have opened or supported investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza.
The signatories to this petition plead with the Government of Canada to immediately suspend all arms exports to Israel, to support war crime investigations, to demand unrestricted aid access and to end its complicity in violations of international law.
The second petition has been signed by almost 20,000 Canadian citizens.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of innocent civilian lives, including the lives of innocent children. The people who have signed this petition are urging the Government of Canada to work with international partners, including the United Nations, to urgently deploy peacekeeping forces to Gaza to protect civilians, to support the delivery of humanitarian aid and to uphold Canada's commitment to international humanitarian law and the responsibility to protect vulnerable populations.