Ms. Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre Lib.): Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise to support a petition that has come from 1,038 members of my riding, which reads as follows. We the undersigned residents of the province of British Columbia draw the attention of the House to
the following: that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a real and hurtful form of discrimination in this
country; that all forms of families in this country, those based on financial and emotional interdependence, are equally meaningful and important
...[+++]to the social well-being of Canada; and that both protection against discrimination and recognition of relationships based on financial and emotional interdependence are necessary to ensure the equal treatment of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals under the law.
Mme Hedy Fry (Vancouver-Centre, Lib.): Monsieur le Président, j'ai le plaisir de prendre la parole pour appuyer une pétition qui a été signée par 1 038 habitants de ma circonscription et qui dit ceci: Nous, les soussignés, habitants de la Colombie-Britannique, attirons l'attention de la Chambre sur ce qui suit: La discrimination fondée sur l'orientation sexuelle est une forme de distinction réelle et préjudiciable dans notre pays.