Petition: Protect our canals

A local water rat writes:

We had notice from the Inland Waterways that the government are looking to sell canals and other associated landholdings including reservoirs to make up a small shortfall in their budget – a mere 16 billion potatoes or was it chips? That was probably enough to get anyone to sign a petition and sure enuf, there is a petition on the 10 downing street website which can be found here. I've done it, it was relatively painless. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/protectourcanals/