Natural Resources committee  We don't determine the prices. The prices are imposed on us. Retailers at the end get the producers' price, the posted price. It's a commodity, and that's how it is. So at the end, if the commodity goes up because there's a big demand somewhere, we unfortunately inherit that prob

Natural Resources committee  We cannot speculate on what the retailers will do. We have said to you that we don't expect prices to be high. We don't expect to have shortages because of that extra storage capacity by the industry. But as far as the marketing side of it goes, I'd probably recommend that Mrs. H

Natural Resources committee  —look in the Yellow Pages to see if there are other suppliers to find out about that.

Natural Resources committee  I cannot really tell you what impact that will have. We feel that the distance is not huge. I don't think it will have a financial impact.

Natural Resources committee  No.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely not.

Natural Resources committee  I cannot tell you, unfortunately. That is market retailers' information that we do not have. We can only speculate on the percentage, and as far as the activities they have, I can't—

Natural Resources committee  Oh, yes.

Natural Resources committee  We only get what the producers give us. Yes, they could give us some more if industry were willing to do some more marketing. That's where we say we don't want government to isolate a winner or select a winner, but to let the market forces....

Natural Resources committee  We don't export; the producers export.

Natural Resources committee  The consumer in general will benefit.

Natural Resources committee  This is very hypothetical. I could not speculate on any of this at all.

Natural Resources committee  There are only three companies that are publicly traded, to my knowledge: Superior Propane, Canwest, and Parkland. All of the other ones are privately held, so I could not tell you.

Natural Resources committee  Exactly. They're the only ones, those three.

Natural Resources committee  I only read my own. I don't play a lot into shares.