Canadians: Sick of gas prices? Sign this petition, and read the story Spread the word

[Daemos]

http://www.canadiangaspetition.com

Sign there if we can get 100,000 signatures it'll be fowarded to ottawa!

Story behind it..-------------------------------------Battle gas pains online

Web designers create page to petition feds for lower prices

By KATHLEEN MARTENS, BUSINESS REPORTER

Two Winnipeg web developers are using their technical expertise and frustration with high gas prices to fuel an election cause. Jordan Ilott, 22, and Jacob Oldenkamp, 21, want to gather 100,000 signatures on an electronic petition to get the attention of the next prime minister.

"As Canadians we have the right to demand that our government control things," Ilott, a computer programmer, said yesterday. "Too often politicians forget that their job isn't to do what they think is best for us, it's to do what we ask them to do for us."

Canadiangaspetition.com has logged nearly 1,000 signatures since going online a week ago.

The longtime buddies, who develop websites together and have not yet decided who to support in the federal election, say they will send the protest document to either Paul Martin, Stephen Harper or Jack Layton.

It was a fill-up at 91.9 cents a litre that moved Ilott to take action. "I was ticked off and thought there must be a way for somebody to draw some attention to the issue and maybe make a difference," he said of the site created on a Winnipeg home computer.

On their website the pair call for federal regulations to require fuel companies to justify price increases or changes. They also want a guarantee that gas revenue will be dedicated to road improvements, and urge Canadians to insist their politicians speak for them on the issue.

Signatures are restricted to people of legal voting age of 18 or older.

Ilott said gas companies should be held to the same standards as utilities, whose prices are regulated but still generate profits.

'HUGE IMPACT'

"I personally would like to see gas priced under 80 cents cents a litre. I don't believe fuel companies should lose money, but I believe they should be given a window. And they should have to apply to go outside of that range."

Oldenkamp, a web designer who doesn't own a car, said soaring gas prices also hurt him because companies recoup higher transportation costs by charging more for products.

"That's what's interesting about fuel prices. They're the link to everything you buy at some level," Ilott added. "That's also what's really interesting about the fact that there's no kind of control over it, because it has such a huge impact on the economy."

[Mr1der]

chances are it won't make a difference if you sign it or not, but **** it, it's like 30 seconds of typing tops...

[Daemos]

chances are it won't make a difference if you sign it or not, but **** it, it's like 30 seconds of typing tops...

Yea but your gas prices in the US are CHEAP compared to Canada

[elwesso]

Another fine reason to move to USA!

Up there in canada, you guys would probably LONG for californias gas prices

[Touchdown038]

Not really... 91 Canadian cents per liter equals roughly 2.57 US dollars per gallon, which is a common price for premium mostly everywhere among the states right now.

I dunno if that 91 cents was for premium, however, but gas prices affect us all.

[Toahk]

There's more than 100,000 people in canada? :beatfreak

[Daemos]

Not really... 91 Canadian cents per liter equals roughly 2.57 US dollars per gallon, which is a common price for premium mostly everywhere among the states right now.

I dunno if that 91 cents was for premium, however, but gas prices affect us all.

I wish...that's 87 octane prices...

Prices in BC are at like 94 cents/L

89 Octane is 5 cents/L more

and 91 Octane is 10 c/L more

Then in the two places in my city you can get 94...well yea it's alot over that too