Traduction de «électeur pétitionnaire » (Français → Anglais) :

Therefore, the petitioners call upon Parliament to immediately hold a renewed debate on the definition of marriage and to reaffirm, as it did in 1999, its commitment to take all necessary steps to preserve marriage as the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others (1025) Mr. Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon—Wanuskewin, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I add these 216 people from my own riding of Saskatoon Wanuskewin, adding to the several thousands I have done to this point as has my colleague.

30. Recalls that petitions are a formal right of every European Union citizen, as is laid down in Article 21 of the EC Treaty; takes the view that Parliament must continue to consider petitions with the greatest attention, as this is also a further way of fostering direct contact between Parliament and its electors; considers it useful, therefore, to invite petitioners to meetings of the Committee on Petitions for fact-finding purposes; considers also that it is appropriate to reimburse the travel expenses of a limited number of petitioners, duly invited by the chairman of the committee responsible, if they have financial difficulties ...[+++];

This petition reads as follows: ``To the House of Commons and Parliament assembled, we the undersigned residents of the electoral district of Markham-Whitchurch-Stouffville draw the attention of the House to the following: that our elected member of Parliament was given a mandate by his constituents to sit as a member of the Liberal caucus and, effective January 28, 1994, resigned his membership in the Liberal caucus as a result of a request by the Prime Minister of Canada to do so; that our member has admitted to inexcusable behaviour involving former employees and that this information was withheld from the electorate before his elect ...[+++]ion; that our member intentionally misrepresented his credentials to the electorate and to the Liberal Party of Canada; that our member has stated that he will continue to sit in the House as an independent member despite requests for his resignation by an overwhelming majority of his constituents including the undersigned; and that we the petitioners have absolutely lost all respect and confidence in our member to represent us- The Deputy Speaker: The member perhaps does not realize that he is not to read the whole petition.

The petitioners, residents of West Kootenay—Okanagan, draw to the attention of parliament that violent crimes committed by youth are of great concern to Canadians, that the incidence of violent crimes by youth would decrease if the Young Offenders Act were amended to hold young persons fully accountable, and increase periods of incarceration to deter young people from committing criminal acts; therefore your petitioners call upon parliament to significantly amend the Young Offenders Act to include—

My question for the Prime Minister is this. If the voters in a riding submit a petition that demands the removal of an MP and the calling of a by-election, and if the number of voters signing that petition is greater than 50 per cent of the number of people who voted in the last federal election, will the government respect the wishes of the petitioners and enact a recall process?