Today, the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, announced that the Government has called gas refiners, distributors and retailers to a Parliamentary Committee to explain their pricing methods to Canadians.

To help families cope with the global economic recession, the Harper Government has enacted broad based tax cuts to keep taxes low for consumers.
Our Government remains concerned about fluctuating gas prices that are affecting Canadian consumers across the country.

Today, the Industry Minister announced that our Government will be asking refiners, distributors, and retailers to come to Ottawa to appear before a Parliamentary Committee to explain their pricing methods to Canadians.

Our Government has already taken concrete action to protect consumers from paying more than they should at the gas station and continues to listen and act on the priorities of hardworking Canadian families.

Background:

• The Government passed the Fairness at the Pumps Act to protect consumers from paying more than they should at the gas station and other places where goods are measured, while ensuring court-imposed fines and a formal penalties system to back these fines up.
• The Government expanded the powers of the Commissioner of Competition to better protect consumers from price fixing and fraud.