Gasoline Prices and the Public Interest
The Consumer Advocate's Report on Gasoline Prices
in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
APPENDIX "B"
CONSULTATIONS
Legislation
Gasoline and Fuel Oil Licensing Act, R.S.N., 1967, c. 117.
Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34.
Gasoline and Diesel Oil and Home Heating Pricing Act, R.S.N.B. 1987, c. G-3.1.
Petroleum Products Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. P-5.1.
Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. I-11.
Newfoundland Regulation 38/93.
Bill 50, An Act Respecting the Régie de l'énergie, Quebec, c. 61, 1996.
Industry Documents
Petro Canada
The Retail Gasoline Industry and Petro Canada's Refining and Marketing Business, August 1996.
Pricing Management At Petro Canada, August 19, 1996.
Crude Oil Changes in 1996 and Changes in the Pump Price of Gasoline, 1996.
Factors Influencing Price Differentials That Exist in Different Markets, August 19, 1996.
Retail Gasoline Pricing in British Columbia: A Petro Canada Perspective, 1996.
C.P.P.I.
Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, Presentation on Gasoline Pricing To The Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, Guidelines for Automatic Temperature Compensation of Petroleum Products at Retail Sites in Ontario.
Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, Retail Marketing Report, 1992.
Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, The CPPI Perspective on Contamination Sites: The Way Forward, February 19, 1993.
Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, Annual Review, 1995.
Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, Annual Review, 1996.
Imperial Oil Limited
British Columbia Inquiry Into Gasoline Pricing, 1996.
Presentation to the New Brunswick Select Committee on Gasoline Pricing, July 19, 1996.
Position Paper for the Government of Quebec on Retail Gasoline Pricing, July 31, 1997.
Independent Retail Gasoline Marketers Association of Canada
Monthly Newsletter, July 1997.
Monthly Newsletter, August 1997.
Monthly Newsletter, September 1997.
Other
Octane Magazine, September 1992 - September 1997.
Petroleum Communication Foundation, Document and Background Reports, 1997.
Canadian Association of Petroleum Products, Crude Oil Report, July 1997.
Oil Week Magazine, August 4, 1997.
Bloomberg Oil Buyer's Guide, August-December 1997.
Government Documents
Competition Bureau
Price Discrimination Enforcement Guidelines, 1992.
Lerner, George. Retail Gasoline Pricing in Ontario and Alberta: The Post-Kuwati Experience, September 9, 1991.
Chandler, Harry. Getting Down to Business: The Strategic Direction of Criminal Competition Law Enforcement in Canada, March 10, 1994.
Lerner, George. Economic Report, In The Matter of the Competition Act and Mr. Gas Limited and Several Other Ontario Area Gasoline Retailers, April 18, 1995.
Browne, Ken. Report Concerning the Gasoline Inquiry, 1996.
Chandler, Harry. Competition Policy in Canada: The First 100 Years, Bureau of Competition Policy.
Hendricks, Ken. Analysis and Opinion on Retail Gas Inquiry, October 30, 1996.
Lerner, George. Evaluation of the Six Residents' Allegations of Price Fixing in the Canadian Petroleum Industry, November 18, 1996.
Ervin, M.J. and Associates, Canadian Retail Petroleum Markets Study, September 15, 1997.
Press Release and Background Documents, March 18, 1997.
Natural Resources Canada
Petroleum Products Documents and Statistics, Oil Division, Energy Resources Branch, Natural Resources Canada.
Statistics Canada
Refined Petroleum Products Report, 1992-1997.
Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, 1997.
Canadian Counsel of Ministers of the Environment
Purvin and Gertz Inc., Competitiveness and Viability Impact on Canadian Refining Industry of Reducing Sulphur in Canadian Gasoline and Diesel, May 1997.
Measurement Canada
Background Documents and Publications.
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Report of Committee Officials on Petroleum Product Prices in Newfoundland and Labrador, August 1980.
Annual Cost of Fuel and Utilities, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1991.
Submission to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the Subject of Petroleum Marketing, May 1986.
Petroleum Products Sales, 1990-1996, Department of Finance.
Department of Works, Services and Transportation Documents.
Government Purchasing Agency Documents, Department of Works, Services and Transportation, 1992-1997.
Petroleum Product Pricing, September 1992, January 1993, April 1993, July 1993, October 1993.
Crude Oil and Gasoline Price Monitoring Report, July 1977.
Background Notes on Taxes, Department of Finance, 1997.
Government of Prince Edward Island
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission. In The Matter of the Petroleum Products Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1974, Cap. P-4 and In The Matter of the prices charged by wholesalers and retailers for petroleum products in the Province of Prince Edward Island, Order No. P. 880331, March 31, 1988.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission. In The Matter of the Petroleum Products Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1974, Cap. P-4 and In The Matter of the prices charged by wholesalers and retailers for petroleum products in the Province of Prince Edward Island, Order No. P. 890302, March 2, 1989.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission. In The Matter of the Petroleum Products Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1990, c. 43 and In The Matter of Section 27 of the Act and In the Matter of the allowable mark-up to be applied by dealers to petroleum product prices in the Province of Prince Edward Island, Order No. P. 910424, April 24, 1991.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission. In The Matter of the Petroleum Products Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. P-5.1 and In The Matter of posted consumer prices in effect as a result of applications filed under Section 32 of the Petroleum Products Act, supra, by all licensed wholesalers, and the discounting thereof, Order No. P.970516-1, May 16, 1997.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission, Correspondence, 1997.
Government of Ontario
North South Gasoline Pricing Study, February 1986.
Government of Yukon Territory
Lilles, Heino. Public Inquiry Into Petroleum Fuel Pricing in the Yukon Territory, September 1988.
An Assessment of Yukon Fuel Supply Options, Government of Yukon, September 26, 1991.
Government of Quebec
Report of the Special Committee Examining Gasoline in Quebec, October 1996.
Government of Nova Scotia
Deregulation of Gasoline and Fuel Oil Industry in Nova Scotia: Options and Recommendations, Government of Nova Scotia, April 24, 1991.
In the Matter of the Application of Texaco Canada Inc., Ultramar Canada Inc., Imperial Oil Limited and Irving Oil Limited, Under the Provisions of Section 18 of the Gasoline and Fuel Oil Licensing Act Seeking Approval for an Increase in Certain Prices of Gasoline and Fuel Oil, Board of Commissionaires of Public Utilities, Province of Nova Scotia, July 8, 1987.
Government of New Brunswick
New Brunswick Select Committee on Gasoline Pricing, Submissions, 1996.
Final Report of the Select Committee on Gasoline Prices, March 26, 1997.
Government of British Columbia
British Columbia Inquiry Into Gasoline Pricing Final Report, September 30, 1996.
Other
Lintner, Anastasia et al. Testing for Asymmetric Pricing in the Canadian Retail Gasoline Market, February 1997.
Consumer Consultations
Newfoundlanders Against Gas Gouging
Consumers' Association of Canada, Newfoundland Branch
Randy Connors - Goulds
Roy Myers, P. Eng. - St. John's
Official Opposition Caucus, Newfoundland
Government Members' Committee (Newfoundland)
Harry and Brenda Young - Gander
Winston Newbury - Corner Brook
Patrick W. Dunphy - Corner Brook
Reginald Gardiner - Sunnyside
Cletus D. Perrier - Avondale
Richard Porter and Michael Porter - Foxtrap
J. Bert Downey - Doyles
Battle Harbour Regional Development Association
David Springall - Appleton
Brendan T. Walsh - Flatrock
Lloyd Rossitor, Mayor - Ramea
Mike Keough - St. John's
Greg Dunne - St. John's
Sam Synard - Marystown
Rose Coombs - Portugal Cove
Dennis O'Keefe - St. John's
Ernest Simms - St. John's
Jack Harris, MHA, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
Stephen Knee - Portland
Walter Milley - St. John's
Isabell Foster - St. John's
Byron Rumbolt, Mayor, Town of Mary's Harbour
Peter Kent - Bell Island
Gerry Byrne, M.P., Humber St. Barbe, Bay Verte
Wally Roberts - Hermitage
Alban J. Hearn - Torbay
W. Blackmore, Mayor, Town of Grand Falls-Windsor
Melvin Keeping, Town Clerk, Town of Channel-Port aux Basques
M. Kendall, Town Clerk, Town of Hermitage-Sandyville
Darrell J. Breton, Mayor, Town of Labrador City
Lawrence O'Brien, M.P., Labrador
Marilyn Reid, Town Clerk, Town of Little Catalina
Ivy King, Town Clerk, Town of Cupids
David Kendall, Town Clerk, Town of Burgeo
Barry Carroll, Town Clerk, Town of St. Anthony
Derek White, Town Manager, Town of Lewisporte
Vida Greening, Town Clerk, Town of Port Blandford
Angus Gillingham - Little Burnt Bay
Labrador North Chamber of Commerce
Combined Councils of Labrador
Ruth George - Rose Blanche
Joe Hiscock - Burgeo
Mike Maher - St. John's
Ray Wight - St. John's
Jim Morgan - St. John's
Robert Jeans, Mayor, Change Islands
Rose Coombs - Portugal Cove South
Terry Sanford - Torbay
Harry Brown - Holyrood
Rod Fowler - St. John's
Byron Rumbolt, Mayor, Mary's Harbour
Edward Evans, Chief Administration Officer, Town of Botwood
Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Denyce Peddle, Town Clerk, Town of New Perlican
Town of Grand Falls-Windsor
Marie Blackmore, Town Clerk, Town of Clarenville
Blanche Bennett, Town Clerk, Town of Seldom-Little Seldom
Perry Canning, M.H.A., Menihek
Joan LeDrew, Councillor, Town of Change Islands
Leonard Sheppard, Mayor, Community of Rigolet
Trevor Bennett, Mayor, Town of Steadybrook
Andrew O'Brien, Town Clerk, Town of Cape Broyle
Jim Tessier, Town Manager, Town of Grand Bank
Andrea Norman, Town of Bay Bulls
Government Consultations
Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Energy Sector
Government of Canada, Competition Bureau
Government of Canada, Industry Canada
Government of Canada, Measurement Canada
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada
Government of Newfoundland, Department of Government Services & Lands
Government of Newfoundland, Department of Mines & Energy
Government of Newfoundland, Department of Finance
Government of Newfoundland, Department of Works, Services and Transportation
Government of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board
Government of Nova Scotia, Department of Natural Resources
Government of Prince Edward Island, Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission
Government of New Brunswick, Select Committee on Gasoline Prices
Government of Quebec, Ministry of Natural Resources
Government of British Columbia
Government of the Yukon Territories
Industry Consultations
Independent Retail Gas Marketers Association
Lewisporte Retailers
Grand Falls-Windsor Retailers
Wilson Fuels Ltd.
Irving Oil Ltd.
Ultramar Ltd.
Imperial Oil Ltd.
North Atlantic Petroleum
Co-op Atlantic
Petro Canada
Woodward Oil Ltd.
Sunys Petroleum Inc.
Western Petroleum
Various Retailers (Newfoundland and Labrador)