PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED
NO STAR WARS FOR CANADA

WE, the undersigned residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House to the following:

THAT Canadians want to build a peaceful world based on human security;

THAT supporting Star Wars would undermine Canada’s proud tradition of supporting arms control;

THAT this new weapons system is destabilizing, expensive and doesn’t work;

THAT the development of the Star Wars missile defence was only permitted by abandoning one of the world’s most important arms control treaties: the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty.

THEREFORE, your petitioners call upon Parliament to:

ACKNOWLEDGE that Canada will not participate in a Star Wars missile defence program and strongly condemns George Bush’s destabilizing plans;

WORK with our partners in peace for more arms control and to peacefully bring an end to the production and sale of weapons of mass destruction and any material used to build them; SAY “NO” to Star Wars.