Mr. Speaker, I do thank you for the exercise that I was able to get during this period. It was quite invigorating to be on my feet this often.
During the past month or so it has been my pleasure to distribute this petition which has been signed by over 20,000 people from Victoria to Halifax; 9,000 of these people are from my own constituency of Fraser Valley East.
The petitioners call upon the government to take notice that they are already overburdened with taxation due to high government spending. Whereas the government is considering tax increases in the next federal budget, the petitioners pray and request that Parliament reduce government spending instead of increasing taxes and implement a taxpayer protection act.
Obviously these petitions are easy to get people to sign and continue to flood into my office. It is a pleasure to present them on behalf of Canadians.