Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from Joyce Mulligan of North Vancouver and 57 others.
In this petition these residents of Canada draw the attention of the House to the fact that 38 per cent of the national highway system is substandard, that Mexico and the United States are upgrading their national highway systems and that the national highway policy study identified job creation, economic development, national unity, saving lives and avoiding injuries, lower congestion, lower vehicle operating costs and better international competitiveness as benefits of the proposed national highway program.
The petitioners call on the federal government to join with provincial governments to make the national highway system upgrading possible.