Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today that are very important to my riding.
The first one involves increases to the library book rate. There are some 1,900 signatures of people from communities on Vancouver Island who will be greatly affected if the changes to the library book rate follow through.
They are calling upon the government to recognize that the more than 400,000 people who live on the west coast of Vancouver Island depend upon the assistance of the Department of Canadian Heritage and Canada Post to deliver library books between the facilities there so people can access these materials.
This is very important to people in my riding. They are really hoping this can be renegotiated so that materials can be made available to help these communities.