It shows how spineless the current Liberal government is and the controlled mass media that supports them.

Cowards? Hypocrites? Or Candian puppets of American strings?

This is going to create such a hardship to so many.
People will be forced to max out credit cards and struggle to make payments.
We have been lead to believe Canada is the "land of plenty."
What a critical time of year for people to deal with additional costs-just for survival.
Winter will be imposing hardship on all of us, in one way or another.
They complain we are not contributing to charities so readily.
Are people finally realizing, "charity begins at home?" If not, they will.
Something is so very wrong.
Our Governments collect and collect-filling their coffers to overflowing-and allow the U S to walk all over us, and we seem to have no recourse.
Is it a plot???
Do I have a right to be suspicious!!!
If the U S is going to take us over-then just do it, and end the agony and doubt.
What is inevitable we cannot stop-so be it!!!
Paul Martin is now giving "our" oil to the U S.
I see a problem with this, as I see with them refusing to return the tariffs imposed on lumber, and previous refusal to pay for hydro used.
Canada-land of the fools??
Are we????

Are we Fools?...YES WE ARE!!!!And also WE all LACK A BACKBONE....

With increases in the past, why the smoke screen for a capitalist approach to gouging, with Katrina as a excuse?

<i>The energy index climbed 9.5% between March 2004 and March 2005, mainly as a result of higher gasoline prices (+11.2%). Higher prices for fuel oil (+25.8%), natural gas (+10.3%), electricity (+3.4%), as well as for fuel, parts and supplies for recreational vehicles (+7.6%) also contributed to pushing up the energy index.

On a monthly basis, the energy index rose 3.0%, mainly owing to higher gasoline prices (+5.2%). Prices for fuel oil (+4.0%), natural gas (+1.2%) and fuel, parts and supplies for recreational vehicles (+2.5%) also served to push the index up. Electricity prices (-0.1%) alone exerted a very slight dampening effect on this increase.</i>

http://dissemination.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050422/d050422a.htm

Poll: almost half of Canadians want oil industry nationalized

Last Updated Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:52:52 EDT
CBC News

The Canadian Press said Monday a Leger poll suggested 49 per cent of respondents want petroleum resources nationalized while 43 per cent said they would like to see the same fate for gas companies.


Quebec City Aug. 31, 2005. (CP PHOTO/ Clement Allard)
The Leger Marketing telephone survey of 1,500 people was conducted between Aug. 24 and Aug. 31, much of it before the major effects of Hurricane Katrina were felt.

Canadian gasoline prices jumped about 25 cents a litre since the storm hit the U.S. Gulf Coast a week ago Monday.

Quebecers were the strongest supporters of resource nationalization at 67 per cent, followed by residents of the Atlantic provinces at 53 per cent, Ontarians at 45 per cent and British Columbians at 42 per cent.

Forty per cent of respondents on the Prairies and 36 per cent of Albertans were in favour.

Among those opposed to resource nationalization, Albertans led the way at 49 per cent followed by British Columbians at 39 per cent.

Quebec led in support for nationalization of oil companies, with 61 per cent in favour, followed by the Atlantic provinces at 46 per cent.

Alberta was the most opposed to oil company nationalization at 59 per cent, followed by the prairies at 49 per cent, B.C. at 46 per cent and Ontario at 41 per cent.

Most of the respondents -- 79 per cent -- suggested they would like to see taxes on gasoline cut. Federal and provincial governments have made it clear that is unlikely to happen.

Seventy-six per cent of respondents indicated they wanted the government to intervene after gas prices increased before Katrina hit the coast.

Fifty-four per cent suggested they would like the government to fix the pump price.

Twenty-six per cent of respondents blamed the gas companies for pre-Katrina price jumps and 18 per cent blamed oil-producing countries.

Interestingly, 63 per cent of respondents said pre-Katrina gas price hikes had not affected their fuel consumption, while 25 per cent said they were using less gas.

Results of the poll are considered accurate within plus or minus 2.6 percentage points 19 times out of 20.

On Labour Day, gas prices in Montreal and Halifax averaged $1.38 a litre and the regulated price in St. John's, N.L., was $1.48.

In Toronto, prices ranged from $1.22 to about $1.35 a litre.

Western drivers paid between $1.08 and $1.13 in Edmonton, and between $1.07 and $1.14 in Calgary.

hey! If you don't like it, then buy a bus pass. $45 per month, no insurance, maintenance, monthly interest etc. The way I see it we overconsume anyways. Now is the time to change a bad habit and save money at the same time. Cheap abundant fuel is not a right. Petroleum is a world resource now so get used to it. No amount of snivelling will do absolutely anything.

later..........

Oil companies will charge what ever they like and we will have to pay, what other option would we have?

Spanky...sorry but who can take a bus to a job in the bush?