Mr Tony Clement (Brampton South): On behalf of the citizens of Brampton from Kennedy Road Tabernacle to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
"Whereas the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that women have the lawful right to go topless in public; and
"Whereas the Liberal government of Canada has the power to change the Criminal Code to reinstate such public nudity as an offence;
"We, the undersigned, respectfully petition the government of Ontario to continue to urge the government of Canada to pass legislation to ban going topless in public places."
I'm happy to affix my signature as well.
Mr Frank Klees (York-Mackenzie): I have a petition that was presented to me by Ms Wendy Mullin of Collingwood, Ontario. It's addressed to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and reads as follows:
"Whereas the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that women have the lawful right to go topless in public; and
"Whereas the Liberal government of Canada has the power to change the Criminal Code to reinstate such public nudity as an offence;
"We, the undersigned, respectfully petition the government of Ontario to continue to urge the government of Canada to pass legislation to ban going topless in public places."
There are some 400 signatures on this petition and I am pleased to affix my name to it.
Mr Frank Klees (York-Mackenzie): I'm pleased to rise to present a petition presented to me by the faith community in my riding, namely from the town of Aurora. It comes to us from the Aurora Cornerstone Ministries, the Aurora Fellowship Baptist Church, the First Baptist Church and Wesley United Church, and it reads as follows:
"Whereas the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that women have the lawful right to go topless in public; and
"Whereas the Liberal government of Canada has the power to change the Criminal Code to reinstate such public nudity as an offence;
"We, the undersigned, respectfully petition the government of Ontario to continue to urge the government of Canada to pass legislation to ban going topless in public places."