Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to present a petition this afternoon from a great number of constituents from my riding.
The petitioners feel that the issue which they are addressing in this petition certainly is something which consumers right across Canada feel is important at this time. They feel that Canadian consumers are at the mercy of the pricing policies of oil companies. They call upon the Parliament of Canada to adopt legislation which would require gasoline companies to give 30 days written notice to the Minister of Natural Resources of an impending significant increase in the price of gasoline that is over 1% of the current pump prices per litre and that such notice also contain the reason or reasons for the increase and when it will take effect.