Mr. Paul Manly (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, GP)

Mr. Speaker, the second petition calls upon the Government of Canada to cease the incarceration of those who suffer from drug abuse and to begin the rehabilitation of said victims back into society through treatment programs, as is done in Portugal.

Mr. Paul Manly (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, GP)

Mr. Speaker, the final petition is from my constituents and is about DND land. The petitioners call for the Department of National Defence to clarify the safe range of the DND rifle range for safe operation; to establish a schedule for public access to the land in the buffer zone of the range; to order a feasibility study to look at relocating the range to a more suitable, less populated site; and to engage in community consultation with recreational users in the regional district of Nanaimo, the city of Nanaimo and Snuneymuxw First Nation about future use of this land.

Mr. Paul Manly (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, GP)

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to present four petitions on behalf of my constituents.

The first petition calls upon the Minister of Veterans Affairs to remove any statutory limits on back-pay eligibility for the disability allowance and to work with individual veterans to achieve just and due compensation for a disability allowance in a timely manner.

Mr. Paul Manly (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, GP)

Mr. Speaker, the third petition calls upon the House of Commons to recognize that violence against women remains a critical problem in Canada and disproportionately impacts indigenous women, as reflected by the crisis of missing and murdered aboriginal women; that striving for pay equity and equal participation of women in leadership roles must be political priorities for all members of Parliament; and that a shifting cultural attitude toward women and gender minorities in our society requires structural changes in education and socialization.

Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)

Mr. Speaker, that is a pretty low bar to set when we have the Harper Conservatives to compare with.

Indigenous and coastal communities vehemently oppose this project. Tanker traffic will increase nearly sevenfold. The risk of spills will increase considerably for those living on our coasts. The Prime Minister is ignoring those very valid concerns. We need to take decisive action to protect our environment.

How can the Prime Minister tell people that approving this pipeline will protect our environment, when that is not the case?