First of all, we review all the complaints we receive. At the Civil Matters Branch where I work, we review all the complaints referred to us, as provided for under the Act.
I presume you are talking about the possibility of a price increase within a period of six months. Without making any particular assumptions, I can tell you this. In terms of price levels, whether the cause is the impact of the closure of a refinery or its conversion to a terminal, companies are free to set prices at a level the market can absorb and consumers are willing to pay. No one likes high prices, but the fact that individual suppliers can impose high prices, either because demand has increased or because they anticipate increased demand, does not in itself constitute a violation of the Competition Act. High prices are problematic if they result from anti-competitive behaviour, such as the formation of a cartel, price fixing, abuse of dominant position or price maintenance arrangements. The behaviour must also lead to a substantial lessening of competition.