Mr. Speaker, I have a petition signed by residents of Ottawa, Nepean, Gloucester and Bristol, Quebec reminding the House that 38 per cent of the national highway system has fallen below accepted standards. Mexico and the United States are upgrading their national highway systems. The national highway policy study identified job creation, economic development, national unity, saving lives, avoiding injuries, lower congestion, lower costs and better international competitiveness as benefits of the national highway program.
They call upon Parliament to urge the government to support all measures that will make the national highway system upgrading possible.