Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table a petition calling on parliament to form a parliamentary committee with the main objective of considering Canadian parliamentarians' ability to narrow the gap between rich and poor in the new context created by the globalization of markets, and suggesting specific solutions.
Those who signed the petition come from various regions in Quebec. I wish to thank the people in my riding who played a large role in helping meet the 50,000-name objective set by my colleague, the member for Lac-Saint-Jean, whose idea the petition was.