Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to present a petition on behalf of 60 of my constituents who are concerned about the GST on reading material.
The petition reads that the GST is the first federal tax in Canadian history to apply to the bible and other reading material.
Taxing reading material is unfair and wrong. Literacy and reading are critical to Canada's future. Removing the GST from reading material will help promote literacy in Canada.
Therefore the petitioners urge Parliament to remove the GST from books, magazines and newspapers.