Mr. Speaker, in addition to the increase in the price of crude oil, the sharp rise in profit margins for refining instigated at the same time by oil companies has been largely responsible for the current oil crisis that the government has to counter through support measures.
How can the government allow the oil companies, which are largely responsible for this crisis, not to pay the consequences and, moreover, to continue to benefit from $250 million a year in tax relief, as a gift of largesse from the government?