Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I am pleased to present a petition.
The undersigned residents of Canada, many of them from the Edmonton area, draw to the attention of the House of Commons that rural route mail couriers often earn less than the minimum wage in working conditions reminiscent of another era. They have not been allowed to bargain collectively to improve their wages and working conditions like others. The private sector workers who deliver mail in rural areas have collective bargaining rights, as do public sector workers who deliver mail for Canada Post in urban areas, and they have a problem with that.
Therefore, the petitioners call upon parliament to repeal section 13(5) of the Canada Post Corporation Act.