Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from people in and around Edmonton, some of whom live in my riding of St. Albert.
These petitioners draw to the attention of the House 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, avoiding injuries, lower congestion, lower vehicle operating costs and better international competitiveness as benefits of the proposed national highway system.
They have petitioned Parliament to urge the federal government to join with provincial governments to make the national highway system upgrading possible.