Mr. Paul Steckle (Huron-Bruce, Lib.):

Mr. Speaker, I rise this afternoon on behalf of a great number of citizens in the country to draw attention, as they would, to the House of the following. They believe that the majority of Canadians believe that the fundamental matters of social policy should be decided by elected member of Parliament and not the unelected judiciary.

They also put forward the argument that the majority of Canadians support the current legal definition of marriage as the voluntary union of a single, that is unmarried male, and a single, that is unmarried female.

They are petitioning Parliament to use all possible legislative and administrative measures including invoking section 33 of the charter, the notwithstanding clause, if necessary to preserve and protect the current definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.

18/04/2005