Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of western Canadians who are disgusted with the lack of a national highway program.
Canada is the only country out of the 28 OECD countries in the world that does not have a national highway program. We have experienced very significant problems in western Canada such as deaths on the roads where we have not been able to twin them.
The petitioners are calling upon the House of Commons and the Liberal government to establish a national highway program which the federal government could fund to help build our country from coast to coast to coast. They are calling upon the government to do something quickly with respect to an action plan on building a national highway system.