Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not sure who to direct my questions to, but when I think back to the last time that the price of crude oil went off the charts and I see what’s happening before us today, I would like to see our government get very proactive. There is no excuse
why we as Northerners should be hovering in a corner someplace, scared with this change in crude oil and how it’s going to affect the cost of home heating oil and gasoline to drive our vehicles. There’s no excuse for the cost of living portion associated with heating our homes. There is absolutely no excuse for it.
As I said in my Member’s statement, we are sitting in the middle of millions of hectares of sustainable, renewable biomass and we’re not doing anything with it. Now this wave is coming over us again and here we are unprepared.
What proactive measures can this government take to ensure that people have an alternative to oil and propane heating devices in their homes?