Mr. Speaker, I am honoured today to introduce a petition on the subject of the lack of collective bargaining rights for rural route mail carriers. The petition draws the attention of hon. members to the fact that rural route mail carriers are forbidden under subsection 13(5) of the Canada Post Corporation Act to bargain collectively.
The petitioners encourage Parliament to repeal subsection 13(5) of that act. They also point out, and this is a point strongly emphasized in the petition, that rural route mail carriers frequently earn less than the minimum wage when their pay is calculated on an hourly basis.