NDP call for fuel price watchdog

The Windsor Star:

With rising gas and home heating fuel prices, area NDP candidates have called for the creation of an "oil and gas ombudsman's office" to investigate sudden price surges.

While acknowledging that global and other outside factors play a role in how fuel prices are set, Windsor West MP Brian Masse said Thursday the public is demanding "fairness."

He said that at the same time as the petroleum industry is reaping "record profits" in tough times, it's benefiting from billions of dollars in government subsidies and a lower tax rate than Canada's struggling manufacturing sector.

"As New Democrats, we're going to stop these massive subsidies," Masse told reporters outside the gates of BP's Windsor Storage Terminal off Matchette Road.

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