Mr. Tom Hockin (London West):

Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. One week from today the control zone over the airport at London, Ontario, is scheduled to be reduced from 10 miles to five miles. This is as a result of a Ministry of Transport directive issued last year. According to the base user organizations in London, this reduction raises-

Mr. Tom Hockin (London West):

Mr. Speaker, as the Member of Parliament for London West it is my duty to present a petition signed by over 2,000 residents in my riding.

The petition will be familiar to the House. It calls for Parliament to declare Canada a nuclear weapons-free zone, to work actively for a multilateral de-escalation of the arms race, to divert arms funding to peaceful purposes, and to conduct a free vote to cease the testing of Cruise missiles in Canada.

Mr. Tom Hockin (London West):

Mr. Speaker, I have seen a communication from Jonathan Mann, the Canadian journalist who was imprisoned briefly in India. It expresses his heartfelt thanks for the work of the Secretary of State for External Affairs (Mr. Clark) and members of his Department to secure his quick release after he was arrested for illegally entering the Punjab.

He states that during the six days he was in police custody he was in regular contact with the Second Secretary of the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi. Those efforts were discreet and little publicized. Also, careful diplomatic activity by the High Commission during those six days was extremely helpful in setting him free.

Because of the success of the Minister, his Department, and the High Commission in this regard, I hope that similar efforts, if they are appropriate, will be exercised on behalf of a husband of a constituent of mine, Mrs. Alice Kozumplik. Michael Kozumplik was arrested in Czechoslovakia for an offence which may also be relatively minor. He has been under arrest since mid-August.

November 22, 1984