TORY
URGES GAS COMPANIES TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY
Meets with gas companies to
push them for fairness to consumers
(Queen’s
Park) ? Progressive Conservative Party Leader John Tory has strongly urged
gas companies to dramatically increase their efforts to be more
transparent in the interests of consumers.
“Everyone
in this province who has driven a car knows the frustration of
skyrocketing gas prices and unexpected price hikes,” said Tory. “Most
people don’t have an option of whether or not to use their cars. The gas
companies must do better communicating with the public and explaining
significant and rapid changes in price.”
Tory met
with executives from several gas companies late yesterday afternoon at
Queen’s Park. He requested the meeting because there has been no action
from Dalton McGuinty’s government. The McGuinty Liberals have apparently
decided that this issue is the sole responsibility of the federal
government and have attempted to wash their hands of it.
“We have
yet another issue here where Ontarians aren’t seeing the leadership they
deserve from the high-flying Dalton McGuinty,” said Tory. “Dalton
McGuinty should be doing the same thing I did yesterday ? meet with the
gas companies and urge the industry to provide consumers with real
transparency. How does he expect to change anything if he’s not even
going to discuss with these companies how they could do better and how the
government might help?”
Tory added:
“I told the companies very clearly they must be more proactive, more
transparent and do a better job justifying and explaining their prices to
the public. That’s the type of thing I would do as Premier of Ontario
and it’s the type of leadership this province is sorely lacking.”
