After listening to Trudeau's pleas, Molitor told him he had to leave. This is a private business. Yet Trudeau's protest worked. Trudeau shook his head and laughed. We did get his attention, though.
Stations can charge less to match a competitor's prices.
Questions about the law's value have increased as prices have risen. But a spokesman for Wisconsin stations says the law is needed now more than ever. In these volatile times . Without the markup law, prices might go down temporarily, but once the big oil companies eliminated their smaller competitors, they would be free to raise prices again, Bartlett said. Tuesday's faceoff in Burlington wasn't the first clash over the law.