Montreal woman seeks to sue gas companies over price hike

A Montreal woman has asked a Quebec court for permission to launch a class action lawsuit targeting oil companies that increase gas prices in the province.

The plaintiff, Catherine Savoie, asked the court on Wednesday to give her the go-ahead to pursue the lawsuit on behalf of all Quebec motorists, who faced a 1.3 cent litre price increase at the pumps on Jan. 1, 2007.
The lawsuit argues that four companies — Petro-Canada, Shell Canada, Ultramar and Imperial Oil — colluded illegally to raise gas prices as a means of offsetting the future cost of a “green tax” on gas that will come into effect later in 2007.

CBC