Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from many constituents from in and around my riding who believe that the application of the 7 per cent GST to reading materials is unfair and wrong. They urge all levels of government to demonstrate their commitment to education and literacy by eliminating the sales tax on reading materials.
The petitioners ask Parliament to zero rate books, magazines and newspapers under the GST. They also ask Parliament and provincial governments to zero rate reading materials under the proposed harmonized sales tax and that the Prime Minister carry out his party's repeated and unequivocal promise to remove the federal sales tax from books, magazines and newspapers.