Industry committee  Not always.

Industry committee  Well, no. For example, we did this with CBC TV in Vancouver not even a month ago, and we found that the actual pre-tax price in Vancouver was lower than it was in Blaine, Washington, and consistently so.

Industry committee  I'm the economist.

Industry committee  Just on that, sir, the best I can do for you right now—You've given us a comparable example. I will contact Ultramar right after this hearing and we will furnish you with the data.

Industry committee  There are a lot of ideas out there about what you can do with gasoline, about what's true, about how it works in each individual car. The only thing I can say is that it's the quantitative studies, the thorough studies, the testing done under identical weather and road conditions

Industry committee  Again, Mr. McTeague, as I said before, in the context of the establishment of a petroleum monitoring agency, which, by definition, would have to collect these kinds of data, we support the concept.

Industry committee  Between refining and retail? You'd have to ask each one of them, because each one of them has different strategies. Some emphasize retail and others don't.

Industry committee  It's all relative. Again, I would underscore the fact that we're a North American marketplace, not just a uniquely Canadian marketplace. So if demand skyrockets in the United States while it comes down in Canada, Canadians will be spending less on fuel, but that will not necessar

Industry committee  I'm not sure that tax plan was targeted to the refining industry, but as a general rule, corporate taxes.... If they're not competitive with comparable jurisdictions, they will see a loss of economic activity within their own jurisdictions in favour of somebody else, especially i

Industry committee  If they have comparable investment choices, yes.

Industry committee  Is that the chart in respect of GHGs?

Industry committee  There were some key points to this. I could go on for 30 minutes too, but I'll keep it to 30 seconds. First of all, the pricing of compliance costs requires certainty for business planning. If you don't know what the price is, you don't know how to input that into your business

Industry committee  We can't do that.

Industry committee  It's very simple. Through you, Mr. Chair, to Mr. Vincent, I'll say two things. First of all, the government's plans for criteria air contaminants—air pollution—in effect, prevent us from growing in Canada. If those numbers do not change, we cannot grow. However, we have been wo

Industry committee  That's for all the members.