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Post by fiddy on Feb 22, 2012 9:44:24 GMT -8
Wiki: Having chaired the Liberal Government Task Force on gasoline pricing in 1998, McTeague challenged the premium prices Canadians were forced to pay for gasoline in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (Aug 2005) For 10 weeks Canadian refiners added several cents a litre to the price of gasoline even over prices in the most affected markets in the US.
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Post by cha ching on Feb 22, 2012 9:55:12 GMT -8
Canada needs gas price watchdog, MP argues after latest spike Posted on Thu, May 12, 2011, 12:46 pm The federal government should create a new watchdog with the teeth to investigate price gouging by oil companies, says New Democrat MP Jack Harris. Harris said the government should also immediately ask the competition bureau to investigate the latest spike in gas prices. “What we’ve got happening, of course in Canada, is a bonanza for the oil companies when the world price goes up and it’s serving to increase their profits at a time when the only government response and the policy of Mr. Harper’s government is to reward them with even greater profits by reducing the corporate tax rate,” said Harris as he called for the creation of a gas price ombudsman. A parliamentary committee will look into gas prices, Industry Minister Tony Clement told reporters at a press conference May 12. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunnwww.ipolitics.ca/2011/05/12/oil-execs-to-be-called-before-committee-to-explain-fuel-prices/
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Post by hm on Feb 22, 2012 9:59:01 GMT -8
Ottawa to ask oil industry how it sets gas prices - May 12, 2011 <snip> Enenajor noted in 2008, when gas prices spiked after the price of oil surged to $150 a barrel, declines in the price of oil did not immediately translate to lower gas prices. In fact, says Enenajor, the price of gas fell only after oil dropped to more than 20 per cent below its peak and had been declining for about two months. It's a trend that appears to be repeating itself, as the price of oil has fallen from a high of $113.93 U.S. a barrel in the last week of April, closing at $98.21 on Wednesday, but the price of gas rose one cent a litre on Wednesday, to an average of more than $1.30 a litre, according to the price-monitoring site Gasbuddy.com. www.canada.com/business/Ottawa+industry+sets+prices/4771863/story.html
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Post by em bargo on Mar 2, 2012 22:49:15 GMT -8
Koch Industries Lackeys Admit To Manipulating Oil Prices…And Gloat About It, Too April 15, 2011 The Kochs Give a Big Enron Fuck You to America Last week, I wrote that Kochs Industries’ recent fight against financial regulation and aggressive defense of unregulated derivatives via the “Enron Loophole” was a clear sign that the company was using its position as a large-scale marketer of oil and other energy commodities to manipulate prices. Well, thanks to recent reporting by Lee Fang thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/04/13/153206/koch-industries-price-gouging/ we now know this for a fact. Traders working for Koch Industries not only gave PowerPoint presentations outlining their plans to drive up the price of oil, but openly boasted about gaming the market in the business press. exiledonline.com/koch-industries-lackeys-admit-to-manipulating-oil-prices-and-gloat-about-it-too/
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Post by clone on Apr 3, 2012 6:26:50 GMT -8
Senate to Big Oil: Keep Up the Good Work--Here's $4 Billion Posted March 29, 2012 Big Oil's allies in the Senate once again blocked an attempt to revoke billions of dollars in subsidies for the oil industry. In a vote largely divided along party lines, the Senate's Republican leadership chose to support handouts for multi-billion-dollar companies that have a monopoly on our transportation system. Government estimates show that the oil and gas industry receives about $4 billion every year in taxpayer money. (Let's be clear--the $4 billion figure represents direct subsidies, and doesn't include the indirect subsidies we pay in the form of military support, increased health care costs from pollution, environmental damage and the like.) Many of these direct subsidies date to a time when the industry was in its infancy, and the government was eager to foster its growth by helping shoulder some of the risks faced by entrepreneurs. more: switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/plehner/senate_to_big_oil_keep_up_the.html
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Post by 80 dollars on Jun 26, 2012 15:42:35 GMT -8
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Post by miners unite on Jul 7, 2012 19:40:28 GMT -8
Don't need no stupid foreign affairs we gots miners! The Debate Over Mining and Development Continues... Friday, June 15, 2012 In January of this year, efforts by the Canadian government and the mining industry to promote and support mining as a core element of international development suddenly became the focus of intense and prolonged media scrutiny, opening up to broader public scrutiny an issue that MiningWatch Canada has been researching and writing on. www.miningwatch.ca/article/debate-over-mining-and-development-continues________________________________________ international mining for development centre im4dc.org/partners/Work In Mining! War and Mining Go ... Together!Uncle Stephen Wants YOU!Through Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the Government is working to help veterans transition from military to civilian life by connecting them with employers in the construction industry through the innovative Helmets to Hardhats program. This initiative represents a partnership between the Government and Canada’s Building Trades Unions, as well as other private and public partners, including TransCanada Corporation, the Province of Alberta and representatives of Canada’s construction industry. actionplan.gc.ca/initiatives/eng/index.asp?mode=3&initiativeID=277Alberta job agency turns to U.S. veterans to fill vacancies - Last updated Thursday, Jul. 05 2012, 10:31 AM EDT www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-job-agency-turns-to-us-veterans-to-fill-vacancies/article4390155/Bev Oda's Not: Julian Fantino to replace Bev Oda as CIDA minister - Last Updated: Jul 4, 2012 7:06 PM ET www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/07/04/pol-cabinet-shuffle-fantino-valcourt.html
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Post by draft dodger on Jul 7, 2012 20:12:13 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Jul 20, 2012 15:50:36 GMT -8
16 July 2012 Last updated at 12:40 ET Oil prices could be rigged by traders warns G20 report A report commissioned by the G20 group of the world's biggest economies has warned oil prices could be vulnerable to a Libor-style rigging scandal. According to the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the current system of oil price reporting is "susceptible to manipulation or distortion." - - - - - - - - - - - - 'Contamination risk'The G20 had originally asked IOSCO, oil cartel OPEC, the International Energy Agency and the International Energy Forum to contribute to a report into oil price reporting in March. But, the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) - which represents large financial organisations - is also critical of the perceived independence of Platts and its competitors: Argus, OPIS and ICIS-LOR, which also compile oil and gasoline prices for the market. In its statement, Platts said: "Platts and other IPROs have no vested interest in the markets they cover. We are subscription-based companies and never pay in any fashion for market participants to submit data to our assessment processes." However, Simon Lewis, chief executive of the GFMA wrote in an open letter to IOSCO: "there is potential for conflicts of interest to arise where PRAs engage in revenue generation, price reporting and news services on oil markets, as incentives may arise to favour those who pay greater subscriber fees or provide greater access to market information." Mr Lewis called for "barriers or fire walls to minimize contamination risk of information." IOSCO submitted a report update containing its preliminary findings to the G20 in June. The full report is currently scheduled to be published in time for the G20's next summit in November. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18856018
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Post by nutzis on Aug 24, 2012 23:22:02 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Nov 7, 2012 11:57:18 GMT -8
Irving Oil charged in gas price-fixing 'cartel' in Quebec Stems from Competition Bureau investigation that involved wiretaps, searches CBC News Posted: Sep 28, 2012 4:01 PM AT Last Updated: Sep 28, 2012 7:11 PM AT Irving Oil Ltd. and one of its managers are facing criminal charges over alleged price-fixing of retail gasoline in Quebec, the Competition Bureau announced on Friday. Three charges have been laid against the company and three against Serge Parent, manager for the province of Quebec. The charges stem from an investigation by the Competition Bureau, first made public in 2008, which involved wiretaps and searches. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/09/28/nb-irving-oil-price-fix-quebec-charge.html
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Post by astro turf on Dec 31, 2012 14:34:18 GMT -8
Tar Sands Pipeline Backers Resort to Fake Twitter Accounts To Show “Grassroots” Support First, fourteen of those accounts are clearly fake. The simultaneous posts were all sent via the “Netvibes Official Widget” that allows users to post to multiple Twitter accounts at the same time. All fourteen accounts were established in the same week in July, most on the same day. Each of their avatars appear to have been pulled from the web. One was pulled from NebraskaDUILawyers.com. All use variations on very simple names (jimjohnson16, richhoward1) and have very similar “everyperson” type descriptions (“Environmentally and economically concerned citizen looking for real facts. We need to make wise choices in during these uncertain times [sic]“), and all tend to retweet one another, bombard journalists with favorable opinions on the KeystoneXL pipeline, and generally cheerlead for tar sands. Keith Bockmann (left)The fifteenth account is kbockmann aka Keith Bockmann aka kbdank, a party boy from Omaha who established that publicaffairsinformant.com website on July 15th. understory.ran.org/2011/08/04/breaking-tar-sands-pipeline-backers-resort-to-fake-twitter-accounts-to-show-grassroots-support/#
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