Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to present a petition from approximately 30 members of my riding. The petitioners are opposed to the marketing practices of their cable company, more particularly the negative option approach that was used prior to Christmas.
The petitioners call upon Parliament to instruct the CRTC to review the entire manner in which the cable television industry has offered the new specialty channels. They feel that the CRTC should compel cable television companies to provide subscribers with the option to pay for the new channels if they want them, separate from the current channel package.