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House Hansard - 118

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 26, 2022 02:00PM
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of presenting four petitions today. The first one is a petition on behalf of Canadians who are concerned that certain charities could be targeted based on their views and forced into a values test. The petitioners note that the Liberals have promised to deny charitable status to groups with views they call dishonest. They say it could jeopardize the charitable status of hospitals, houses of worship, schools, homeless shelters and other organizations. They also note that the Liberals previously used a values test to discriminate against groups applying for the Canada summer jobs grant. The petitioners ask the House of Commons protect and preserve the application of charitable status rules on a politically and ideologically neutral basis without discrimination on the basis of political or religious views and without imposing another values test. They also ask for an affirmation of their freedom of expression as Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, I have a number of petitions to present today. The first petition is in support of Bill S-223. The folks who have signed this petition, who are from across Canada, are concerned about international forced organ harvesting that happens around the world. The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to ensure that Canadians cannot go abroad to get organs that have been forced harvested around the world, and also to ensure that financial transactions that happen are rendered inadmissible in Canada to all permanent residents and foreign nationals who have participated in this. It is kind of a sanction.
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