Women who have fought for pay equity did not stand up, as the members for Newfoundland and Labrador did, to vote against this budget.

2. Strongly condemns the continuous persecution of the Rohingya people by the Burmese Government, which holds prime responsibility for the plight of the refugees; demands the restoration of the Burmese citizenship of the Rohingya people, the immediate lifting of all restrictions on their freedom of movement and their right to be educated and marry, the cessation of religious persecution and the destruction of mosques and other places of worship, and an end to all human rights violations across the country as well as deliberate impoverishment, arbitrary taxation and land confiscation;

The petition calls on the Canadian government to speak out against the wall that Israel is constructing on Palestinian land in the West Bank and to demand the Israeli government issue orders to tear it down.

While recognising Israel’s legitimate right to self-defence in the face of terrorist attacks against its citizens, the Council also urged the Government of Israel to exert maximum effort to avoid civilian casualties, to put a halt to the practice of extra-judicial killings which are contrary to International Law, to reverse the settlement policy and activity, to dismantle settlements built after March 2001 and to freeze the construction of the separation fence, which results in confiscation of Palestinian land, restricts movement of people and goods and hinders a just political solution to the conflict.

It was also scenic, (with a peaceful British Columbia forest painted on the plywood walls), comfortable (with empty tins, wood scraps, and other desiderata strewn about on the floor), and sociable (with 16-20 rats of both sexes in residence at once).