Natural Resources committee  I'll take over from here. Now for the reason we're here today to discuss what happened this past winter. It was not only the access to supply, but the price increases. Our industry did dub last year “the perfect storm”. It felt as if every day we were waking up to a new issue ob

Natural Resources committee  We share some members.

Natural Resources committee  It's because that order came through at the end of the winter, around March. We were already through the tough part of the winter, December, January, and February, so it didn't. The reason it's a concern is because 50% of our product is transported by rail. Also, they move fewe

Natural Resources committee  Yes. I understand.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not in a position to answer that question.

Natural Resources committee  It's produced in the west, transported primarily by rail to the east, stored in Sarnia for this part of the country, and then transported typically by truck within Ontario and Quebec. It's primarily rural home heating so if you're not on a natural gas pipeline then you would use

Natural Resources committee  That's correct.

Natural Resources committee  That would be speculation.

Natural Resources committee  I know, but again I'm not in a position to speculate.

Natural Resources committee  We make enough for our own demand and enough for export. I can't imagine why we would buy from—

Natural Resources committee  It hasn't been an issue in the past and we hope it's not going to be an issue in the future. I'm not meaning to pick on grain, because grain is a customer that uses propane to dry its corn and grain, so I didn't mean for it to sound that way.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. It's probably the lowest it's ever been right now. The wholesale market price is 17¢ in Sarnia and 10¢ cents in the west.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. They're aligned and it's going down.

Natural Resources committee  Part of the challenge in our industry is that we are made up of private companies for the most part, the retailers for example. I have absolutely no right to tell them how to run their businesses and they'd probably slam the door in my face if I did try. As an industry associat

Natural Resources committee  I think it went up almost 400% at one point.