moved for leave to introduce Bill C-409, an act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (letter that cannot be transmitted by post).
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present this private member's bill, an act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act. Once it is enacted it will ensure that Canada Post does not deliver contests or prizes which instruct people to pay a fee in order to claim their prize. An extraordinary amount of Canadians are inadvertently subject to these fees and moneys are collected. I think it is a consumer rip-off.
It would also instruct Canada Post not to deliver letters that inadvertently display logos which mimic government logos on their envelopes. This is again intended to confuse or rip-off Canadian consumers. I think this is an important piece of legislation.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)