Mr. Speaker, for months now, the price of gas has been approaching record highs. Prices sometimes fluctuate by seven to ten cents a litre on the same day. All companies post the same price at any given time.
But we can rest easy. Today, we read in a study done for the government by the conference board that “Consumers across the country are well served by the current market system that determines gasoline prices”.
My question is for the Minister of Industry. How can we trust this study, when some of the conference board's influential members include corporations such as Shell, Petro-Canada and Esso Imperial?