The petitioners would like to draw to the attention of the House that whereas the majority of Canadians believe that fundamental matters of social policy should be decided by elected members of Parliament and not by the unelected judiciary, and that Canadians support the current definition of marriage as the voluntary union of a single male and a single female, the petitioners call upon Parliament to use all possible legislative and administrative measures, including the invocation of section 33 of the charter, known as the notwithstanding clause, to preserve and protect the current definition of marriage as that between one man and one woman.
Ces pétitionnaires prient le Parlement de se prévaloir de toutes les mesures administratives et législatives possibles, y compris l'article 33 de la Charte, communément appelé disposition de dérogation, pour préserver et protéger la définition actuelle du mariage, soit l'union exclusive d'un homme et d'une femme.