March 1, 2002
Gas expensive in Iqaluit
City councillor Glenn Williams
is fuming about high gas prices in Iqaluit.
He said Iqaluit residents
are paying more for gas than residents of any other Nunavut town. Gas is the
capital city costs 92.9 cents per litre.
"Its certainly
very expensive for us to have to pay 10¢ to 12¢ per litre higher," Williams
said at a council meeting on Feb. 26.
Ross Mrazek, deputy minister
of public works for the Nunavut government, was on hand to set the record straight.
He told the council that the GN buys fuel and sells it to Uqsuq Corp., which
then sells it to the local gas stations.
The GN, he said, cant
prevent private gas stations from marking up their gas prices.
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