Mr. Speaker, what the Bloc Québécois is asking is that powers be given to the Commissioner of Competition, to the Competition Bureau, to enable them to investigate and find out what is really hiding behind the refining margins.
We know that these margins, these percentage prices, have been growing unduly for years. There is nothing to justify that, neither production costs or new production methods, nor huge wage increases for employees.
It is therefore only natural that, in representing consumers—given that the Bloc Québécois is here to defend the interests of Quebeckers and Quebec consumers—we demand not bureaucracy but rather democracy. There might be costs associated with democracy, but I believe that is perfectly natural.
It is time that the Competition Bureau investigate, get to the bottom of that matter and, indeed, tell all consumers in Quebec and Canada why refining prices have increased as much as they have in recent years, knowing that nothing else can explain such an increase and that oil companies are making huge profits—