Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure today to present a large number of petitions from Canadians from coast to coast.
The petitioners call upon the government to de-fund the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. They would particularly like to draw the attention of the House to the fact that the Government of Canada funds the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to the sum of $1.1 billion per year and that the vast amount of the Government of Canada funding gives the CBC an unfair advantage over its private sector competitors.
The petitioners call upon Parliament to end the public funding of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.