The Province is being asked to take action against high gas prices here in northern Ontario.
NDP critic Michael Mantha says the price at the pump is going through the roof.
“Gas prices across the province are reaching a ten-year high,” says Mantha, “And in the north, we are still paying the highest price for gas in this province. What is the government doing for the people living in northern Ontario to end price gouging at the pumps?”
He goes on to say that one way to address the problem is through their private members’ bill.
“The Fairness in Petroleum Product Pricing Act, which would allow the Ontario Energy Board to regulate the retail and wholesale mark-up of petroleum products in Ontario. Families in Ontario literally cannot afford the price of more talk with no action.”
In response, PC House Leader Paul Calandra says the gas tax is increasing the cost of living in general, not just gas.
“The carbon tax will cost the people of the Province of Ontario…will cost Canadians…on everything whether they went shopping or to drop of their kids at soccer games. That would cost people massive amounts of money and we are seeing it every single day the cost of a carbon tax to the people of the Province of Ontario.”
Gas prices in Dryden are as high as 144.9 cent a litre with Kenora and Thunder Bay as high as 154.9 cents per litre, up 13 cents in the past few days.
