Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Industry is shirking his responsibilities by repeating that the retail price of gasoline is a provincial matter. But we are not asking him a question about prices, but rather about possible competition problems, and competition is his responsibility.
Instead of engaging in a battle of wits, the minister ought to be worrying about the hundreds of millions of dollars in profit that the oil and gas companies pocketed during the first three months of 2003. Does he realize that it is irresponsible not to ask the Competition Bureau to investigate?