moved for leave to introduce Bill C-267, an act to amend the Competition Act (gasoline pricing).
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to see that my colleague moved a similar motion to mine before I had an opportunity to present this bill.
The bill amends the Competition Act to require oil companies to give 30-days' notice of any increase in the price at which they sell gasoline to gasoline retail distributors if the increase is more than 1 per cent.
Such notice is to be given to the minister responsible for enforcing the act and shall include the effective date of the price increase and the reason or reasons for it.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)