Harper wants to crack down on gas-price fixing

Conservative announce new legislation, Libs push green shift, NDP blast both parties but dont offer any solutions and the greens dont even show on the radar. Business as usual I guess.

I love the picture of Layton though He looks like extra from Night of the Living Dead II

Actually Layton addressed gas price fixing with a proposed policy over a week ago, Eisensapper. The announcement Harper made to day is largely a reaction to that.

I never even heard about it, do ya have a link?

Impossible.

Everyone know gas companies are on the up and up, and would never revert to price fixing to help their bottom line. It's just been a major coincidence that for the past 30 years they all charge the exact same prices in a specific area. (sarcasm off)

So for the last two years it never occured to Harper to crack down on price fixing? Maybe it is because they foot his bills?

I would like to believe it but Harper's version of cracking down on the tits he's been sucking on will bet to punish and throw in jail the 16 and 17 year old gas jockies in charge of changing the signs.

It was on CPAC, CBC and CTV around Sept 12 or 13. It was the same day that Harper admitted it looked like there was gouging going on, but didn't have an answer as to what he'd do about it. Am I the only actually following the election?

Anyway, I did a google and found you a link:


http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/498681

Hmmm my Conservative Rhetoric shield took big hit with that one .
Thanks Rev, Its hard to follow the NPD out here I dont think they even running out where I am.

Just fixed up your post Donnie. you can thank me later.

Just fixed up your post Donnie. you can thank me later.
Yes much better. I guess everything that didn't get done before two years ago was just an oversight. If it doesn't get done in Harpers first two years it's because he's either on the take or incompetent.

maybe if you spent less time giving out neg rep points you would have time to google something

Thirteen charged in Quebec gas price fixing scheme.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=583036


under Harpers watch

Andr�, Guy Berthier�Maskinong� Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Arthur, Andr� Portneuf�Jacques-Cartier Qu�bec Independent
Asselin, G�rard Manicouagan Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Bachand, Claude Saint-Jean Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Barbot, Vivian Papineau Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Bellavance, Andr� Richmond�Arthabaska Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Bernier, Maxime (Hon.) Beauce Qu�bec Conservative
Bigras, Bernard Rosemont�La Petite-Patrie Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Blackburn, Jean-Pierre (Hon.) Jonqui�re�Alma Qu�bec Conservative
Blais, Raynald Gasp�sie��les-de-la-Madeleine Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Blaney, Steven L�vis�Bellechasse Qu�bec Conservative
Bonsant, France Compton�Stanstead Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Bouchard, Robert Chicoutimi�Le Fjord Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Boucher, Sylvie Beauport�Limoilou Qu�bec Conservative
Bourgeois, Diane Terrebonne�Blainville Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Brunelle, Paule Trois-Rivi�res Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Cannon, Lawrence (Hon.) Pontiac Qu�bec Conservative
Cardin, Serge Sherbrooke Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Carrier, Robert Alfred-Pellan Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Coderre, Denis (Hon.) Bourassa Qu�bec Liberal
Cotler, Irwin (Hon.) Mount Royal Qu�bec Liberal
Cr�te, Paul Montmagny�L'Islet�Kamouraska�Rivi�re-du-Loup Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
DeBellefeuille, Claude Beauharnois�Salaberry Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Demers, Nicole Laval Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Deschamps, Johanne Laurentides�Labelle Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Dion, St�phane (Hon.) Saint-Laurent�Cartierville Qu�bec Liberal
Duceppe, Gilles Laurier�Sainte-Marie Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Faille, Meili Vaudreuil-Soulanges Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Folco, Raymonde Laval�Les �les Qu�bec Liberal
Freeman, Carole Ch�teauguay�Saint-Constant Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Gagnon, Christiane Qu�bec Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Gaudet, Roger Montcalm Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Gourde, Jacques Lotbini�re�Chutes-de-la-Chaudi�re Qu�bec Conservative
Gravel, Raymond Repentigny Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Guay, Monique Rivi�re-du-Nord Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Guimond, Michel Montmorency�Charlevoix�Haute-C�te-Nord Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Harvey, Luc Louis-H�bert Qu�bec Conservative
Jennings, Marlene (Hon.) Notre-Dame-de-Gr�ce�Lachine Qu�bec Liberal
Laforest, Jean-Yves Saint-Maurice�Champlain Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Laframboise, Mario Argenteuil�Papineau�Mirabel Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Lalonde, Francine La Pointe-de-l'�le Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Lavall�e, Carole Saint-Bruno�Saint-Hubert Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Lebel, Denis Roberval�Lac-Saint-Jean Qu�bec Conservative
Lemay, Marc Abitibi�T�miscamingue Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Lessard, Yves Chambly�Borduas Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
L�vesque, Yvon Abitibi�Baie-James�Nunavik�Eeyou Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Lussier, Marcel Brossard�La Prairie Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Malo, Luc Verch�res�Les Patriotes Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Martin, Paul (Right Hon.) LaSalle��mard Qu�bec Liberal
M�nard, R�al Hochelaga Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
M�nard, Serge Marc-Aur�le-Fortin Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Mourani, Maria Ahuntsic Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Mulcair, Thomas Outremont Qu�bec NDP
Nadeau, Richard Gatineau Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Ouellet, Christian Brome�Missisquoi Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Pacetti, Massimo Saint-L�onard�Saint-Michel Qu�bec Liberal
Paquette, Pierre Joliette Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Paradis, Christian (Hon.) M�gantic�L'�rable Qu�bec Conservative
Patry, Bernard Pierrefonds�Dollard Qu�bec Liberal
Perron, Gilles-A. Rivi�re-des-Mille-�les Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Petit, Daniel Charlesbourg�Haute-Saint-Charles Qu�bec Conservative
Picard, Pauline Drummond Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Plamondon, Louis Bas-Richelieu�Nicolet�B�cancour Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Proulx, Marcel Hull�Aylmer Qu�bec Liberal
Rodriguez, Pablo Honor�-Mercier Qu�bec Liberal
Roy, Jean-Yves Haute-Gasp�sie�La Mitis�Matane�Matap�dia Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Scarpaleggia, Francis Lac-Saint-Louis Qu�bec Liberal
St-Cyr, Thierry Jeanne-Le Ber Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
St-Hilaire, Caroline Longueuil�Pierre-Boucher Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Thi Lac, �ve-Mary Tha� Saint-Hyacinthe�Bagot Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois
Thibault, Louise Rimouski-Neigette�T�miscouata�Les Basques Qu�bec Independent
Verner, Jos�e (Hon.) Louis-Saint-Laurent Qu�bec Conservative
Vincent, Robert Shefford Qu�bec Bloc Qu�b�cois

Number of conservative MP's in Quebec - 8 of 75
Number of Gas Price Fixing charges = 13

Number of conservative MP's in Sask and Alta 41 of 42
Number of Gas Price Fixing Charges = 0

Nuff said.

The Competition Bureau isn't a Harper invention, mtbr, and there is no indication that they were investigating at Harper's behest.

It's kind of like giving me credit for inventing trees because there's books in my house.



Press coverage is always a problem, especially for the NDP since they don't have a partisan press outlet on their side. That's part of the reason why CPAC is so great...they just show up where the leaders are and turn on the cameras. Everybody gets covered.

Seven different grocery stores in my area, were selling bananas
last week at 59 cents a pound. Three major corporations own all
the stores. NOT ONE was selling the bananas at 57 cents, or 55
cents....fixed ?....rigged ?
An eighth store was selling bananas at 49 cents, but they were already brown.
I noticed lean ground beef exactly the same price at five of the
stores....fixed ?....rigged ?

BTW, most of this info I got from flyers...gas is too expensive to
drive around comparing prices....oh yeah...gas was 13 cents a liter
cheaper in Owen Sound on Thursday than in Meaford....but the savings
would have been mostly offset by the 50km round trip to buy it.

So are you saying that Harper is wrong about price-fixing, Robmik?