Mr. Speaker, yesterday the price of gasoline reached a new high. In Montreal it went up 10 cents within a couple of hours, to 85 cents. Yet the federal government sits on its hands.
For the past few weeks, the Canadian oil companies have been releasing quarterly reports showing record profits. Yet the federal government sits on its hands.
Consumers can no longer put up with seeing 14% price hikes in a single day, and 60,000 of them have signed a petition against exorbitant gas prices. Yet the federal government sits on its hands.
Since the Liberals seem to be running low on ideas, we are once again calling upon them to fill up their tank with suggestions from the Bloc Quebecois aimed at improving the situation in the short and long term. These are: suspending the federal excise tax, ensuring healthier competition within the Canadian oil industry, putting pressure on oil producing countries, and finally investing in research into alternative energy sources.