Well, Mr. Chairman, I'm not quite sure how the Minister intends to bring the smaller communities in line. Like the gas prices aren't going to rise anytime soon back to $1.40 where it will be marketable in communities to buy fuel at the storage tanks again. So that fuel is going to be stranded for awhile. I think the communities were looking for a solution. What they do in the free market, too, is they have sales. So it could be the communities are looking for a Floyd's blow-out fuel sale in the smaller communities here, just so we can readjust and get these fuel prices back to levels in the smaller communities that are comparable with the rest of the world. So that's what they're looking for. They're looking for solutions. We're saying we're a global village, yet we like to penalize people for living in isolated communities and they're saying that's not fair. We've got to build and design a system that's more flexible and how do we do that? I'm not quite sure, but we're going to have to do something. We cannot keep that gas there for $1.40 because it's just going to stay in those tanks and people are not going to buy it. So, you know, they got caught up in this whole rising prices and everybody knew it wasn't sustainable. So now we're down back at more normal levels. It's still higher than, of course, a year or two ago, but in the communities they're really extraordinary costs on gasoline prices and it affects every venue of their lives. So that's one issue there. But it's just not clear to me how this amendment will help address those concerns, Mr. Chairman.
Kevin A. Menicoche on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 3rd, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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