Petitions (Assisted Suicide & Lyme Disease)

Assisted Suicide Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions. The first is on a very sensitive and ethically difficult topic, and that is on the question of dying with dignity and Canadians having the right to make their own end-of-life decisions. The petitioners are all from Salt Spring Island and they ...

Petitions (Syrian Refugees & Lyme Disease)

Syrian Refugees Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present two petitions today. The first petition is from people in the Trois-Rivières area and has to do with the millions of Syrians who have fled Syria. This is a very serious humanitarian crisis. The petitioners are urging the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration ...

Petitions (Lyme Disease & Genetically Modified Organisms)

Lyme Disease Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions. The first is from residents from my own community, from Victoria and surrounding communities in Sidney and some of the Gulf Islands. They ask, and I say this with the greatest of hope, that when Bill C-442, the bill for a national ...

Petitions (The Environment & Lyme Disease)

The Environment Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to rise in the House today to present two petitions. The first is primarily from residents of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia calling on the government to recognize that, since 1972, there has been an acknowledged federal and provincial moratorium against supertankers ...

Petition (The Environment & Lyme Disease)

The Environment Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure and an honour to present two petitions today, the majority of signatories to both being residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands. The first petition is primarily from residents of Pender Island, and some from Victoria. They are calling upon the government to refuse the Enbridge northern ...

Petition (The Environment & Lyme Disease)

The Environment Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions. The first petition is from residents primarily in the Vancouver area who call upon the government to establish a permanent ban on crude oil tankers on the west coast of British Columbia. Coincidently, I was just meeting with halibut fishers who were ...

Petition (The Environment & Lyme Disease)

The Environment Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions. The first petition is from residents primarily in the Vancouver area who call upon the government to establish a permanent ban on crude oil tankers on the west coast of British Columbia. Coincidently, I was just meeting with halibut fishers who were ...

Petitions (Lyme Disease & International Trading)

Lyme Disease Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions. The first is from residents of Thorndale, Ontario, as well as within my riding, Brentwood Bay, Victoria and Saanich. They are calling on the House to give favourable consideration to Bill C-442, my bill calling for a national lyme disease strategy. I am ...

Petitions (Lyme Disease & International Trading)

Lyme Disease Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions. The first is from residents of Thorndale, Ontario, as well as within my riding, Brentwood Bay, Victoria and Saanich. They are calling on the House to give favourable consideration to Bill C-442, my bill calling for a national lyme disease strategy. I am ...

Petition (Lyme Disease & Proportionate Representation)

Lyme Disease Elizabeth May: The first petition is from residents of my constituency, Saanich—Gulf Islands, from Sidney and Saanichton, supporting my private member’s bill for a national Lyme disease strategy, Bill C-442, and they are very hopeful that it will receive non-partisan support across this House. Proportionate Representation Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, the second petition ...