Mr. Speaker, why did it take freedom of information to get this information out to the newspapers? The government has known about this for months.
The fact is that the government stands on the side of the big oil and gas companies and gives them subsidies and tax cuts. It will never stand up for the consumer until it is forced to do it by the front pages of the newspapers. It is trying to prevent those very newspapers and members of Parliament from finding out what is going on here.
It is not just at the pump that people are being ripped off. It is also when they pay for their flights to go on family trips, when they pay for groceries and when they heat their homes.
The government does not stand with the middle class. Why will it not create an ombudsman, really get tough on enforcement and start doing its job?