Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition this morning on behalf of cottage owners and homeowners, whose cottages and homes are located at Crooked Lake, Saskatchewan, on land leased from the Government of Canada.
The petitioners wish to draw attention to the 650% to 700% lease increase being imposed on Crooked Lake leaseholders for the years 2015 to 2019. Being that this increase was imposed without jointly agreed to negotiations between the Government of Canada and/or its appointed authority and the leaseholders and representatives and with the threat of lease cancellation being imposed, they call upon Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and the Government of Canada to negotiate a fair lease agreement with the cottage owners who lease land from the Government of Canada.