Mr. Speaker, it is a great privilege to rise on behalf of Canadians who are alarmed by what the government has claimed is a bill to protect communities of faith in this country but that would actually risk further harm to them.
The petitioners who have signed this petition are very concerned about the fact that the government is trying to interject itself into the ability of people of faith to share and practise their faith and to cite their religious texts by introducing a new ability for the government to determine which texts can or cannot be uttered. This is something the petitioners are very concerned about, and they call on the government to uphold freedom of expression and freedom of religion and to ensure that government never intrudes on what people of faith are able to do in this country in good faith.