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Petitions April 28th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, the fourth petition that I present is again from many residents in my constituency who are asking that Parliament not pass Bill C-41 with proposed section 718.2 as presently written, and in any event not include the undefined phrase "sexual orientation", as the behaviour people engage in does not warrant special consideration in Canadian law.
I thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my privilege and pleasure to present these petitions today.
Petitions April 28th, 1995
The third petition that I offer today under Standing Order 36 is that Parliament act immediately to extend protection to the unborn child by amending the Criminal Code to extend the same protection enjoyed by born human beings to unborn human beings.
Petitions April 28th, 1995
The second petition, Mr. Speaker, is a petition with roughly 75 names. These petitioners are requesting that Parliament not amend the human rights code and the Canadian Human Rights Act or the charter of rights and freedoms in any way that would tend to indicate societal approval of same sex relationships or of homosexuality, including amending the human rights code to include in the prohibited grounds of discrimination the undefined phrase "sexual orientation".
Petitions April 28th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, I too rise to present four petitions this afternoon. I have one petition here with over 400 signatures.
The petitioners are praying and requesting that Parliament reduce government spending instead of increasing taxes and implement a taxpayer protection act to limit federal government spending.
Seagram April 28th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Industry keeps saying nothing is being done on the Seagram's file. We hear the heritage minister denying there is even a Seagram's file.
If that is the case, why is Investment Canada seeking a legal opinion of the Seagram's acquisition?
Seagram April 28th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, the assistant deputy minister for cultural affairs in the Department of Canadian Heritage is Victor Rabinovitch.
Mr. Rabinovitch is directly responsible for the Seagram's file. His brother Robert, who wrote the DTH satellite directive, works for the Bronfmans.
Why is the Minister of Canadian Heritage allowing this sensitive issue to be handled by someone who is in a direct conflict of interest?
Petitions April 26th, 1995
Madam Speaker, in the third petition the petitioners call upon Parliament to ensure that the present provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada prohibiting assisted suicide be enforced vigorously and that Parliament make no changes in the law which would sanction or allow the aiding or abetting of suicide or active or passive euthanasia.
Petitions April 26th, 1995
Madam Speaker, in the second petition the petitioners are calling upon Parliament to oppose any amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act or the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which provide for the inclusion of the phrase "sexual orientation".
Petitions April 26th, 1995
Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to present three petitions pursuant to Standing Order 36.
The first petition is signed by people from the lower mainland. The petitioners humbly pray that Parliament will not repeal or amend section 241 of the Criminal Code in any way and will uphold the Supreme Court of Canada decision of September 30, 1993 to disallow assisted suicide or euthanasia.
Justice April 6th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the minister's attention another instance where for two years 46-year-old Henry Halm has been in Canada to avoid facing a prison sentence in New York for sexually abusing four young males, aged 15 and 16.
A Canadian judge recently ruled that Canada's laws dealing with the age of consent for sodomy are unconstitutional.
Does the Minister of Justice see this as a case of child exploitation? Is he prepared to change the law for the age of consent to see that this is stopped?