Sandy Lee

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have to say they surely have us where they want us. They know we can’t make our own gas. Conveniently, every gas station, no matter what name brand except for the Co-op, keeps the price high so there is not even really competition in gas pricing. As the news said, we can continue to suck it up, but I think we should all try to reduce the use of gas so that we could try to make an attempt to reduce demand, but that is not going to happen fast enough. The real action has to come from the government. We need to demand the federal government and all the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I just want to take this opportunity to just go on record that all of my questions will be in the detail. A lot of general items have already been covered by lots of other Members. I will have some specific questions as we go through the supp. Thank you.

…it went up because it went up down south. So could I ask the Minister to make a commitment to review the prices of gas at the gas stations in Yellowknife over the last three weeks and provide us with the information from the industry as to why they raised those prices? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we can establish there have not been new tax increases from the GNWT. The Minister is saying rack price adjustment but what we see is, and we can tell, that the gas they were selling last week is the gas they would have gotten at least before the ice bridge went out and chances are it’s been there for months. We can’t think of any increased costs, so I think another word for rack gas pricing adjustment is gouging. So I’d like to ask the Minister, if someone is selling the same…This product doesn’t change; they didn’t bake it fresh that day; it’s the same...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to recognize students from Range Lake North School: Robert Digness, Austin Tanner, Allison Web, Trent Broom, Dakota Hamilton, Jensen Hu, and with them the teacher, Jason Perrino. I would also like to recognize Mr. Peterson.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to speak today about something funny going on at our gas pumps in Yellowknife. Mr. Speaker, we know the rising price of gas has been on the national news because the prices keep going up and staying up. But what is an issue for a Yellowknife resident who called me last week is that the gas price went up by six cents per litre one day last week and there should be no reason to. Mr. Speaker, the ice bridge has been out for weeks. We know we have no permanent bridge over the Mackenzie River. This should tell us that the gas at the pumps has been...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My request is very narrow and it’s not anything to do with the POL; I’m asking the Minister of Finance, as a public interest question -- and he can refer it to the Minister responsible for consumer protection, if they have any -- but I’d like to know if the Minister would report back to the Members as soon as possible within this month. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you can see from the report of the committee which was prepared and delivered by the hardworking Social Programs committee…

Thank you. Could I ask the Minister to engage his officials to do more, take an extra step? Maybe they are doing that already, but maybe I can get a confirmation from the Minister. I know that not everyone goes through realtors, but a lot of people go through realtors when they buy properties. When you are closing your transaction, realtors have packages of information for purchasers to be aware of whether they're banking, insurance information, fuel delivery and such. I am wondering if the Minister’s department will make a conscious effort to get those documents to them. I am assuming...

I’m sorry, Madam Chair. Before we go to clause by clause, I would like to just put on record that the Minister’s commitment that would be binding I would think to the next government, that at the earliest opportunity they bring legislation forward to enable professional corporations. Could I ask the Minister to confirm that for the record? Thank you.