Mr. Speaker, I rise today in accordance with Standing Order 36 to present the first of a much larger petition to come from 9,000 constituents across Canada. They beg this Parliament not to increase the federal excise tax on gasoline and to strongly consider reallocating some of the $8 billion now collected from gasoline taxes and dedicating it toward the crumbling national highway system.
In the House of Commons on March 1st, 1996. See this statement in context.