Bruce Bell Quotations

We accept their decision and will resume the struggle for an agreement that better addresses their concerns.

We have six or seven major hot spots in the world, any one of which has potential to shut off an amount of oil greater than the world's spare capacity. This is a problem that if it continues and escalates, we're going to see a real significant increase in prices.

Some of the country's power plants and industrial users have the ability to switch fuels, and others are scaling back their usage altogether, ... It's encouraging to see that people have scaled back on their usage. That means we should be in pretty good shape going into the winter.

It could really have a major impact if we have a couple of storms go through there and shut in production, ... A few days of shut-in production isn't going to mean much. But if we have another Ivan, which knocked off some production for months last year, it could be significant.

We have not seen anything yet that indicates they've moved off their union-busting agenda.

We are pleased that we have been able to reach a negotiated tentative agreement that we feel is good for our members,

We are anxious to see a resolution to this dispute.That's why we are trying to get the company back to the bargaining table. Ultimately, there has to be a resolution and people have to get back to work. The sooner that happens, the better.

Diesel is very hard to conserve because of our trucking industry. It's very hard to suggest that we can conserve diesel.

Reaching an agreement has been a long and complex process, but I am convinced the outcome will help enshrine the future success of Telus and our team. We now have a significant opportunity to move forward with an agreement that recognizes our team members' tremendous contributions and provides Telus with the flexibility needed to continue our leadership position in a highly competitive market.

The movement of $1 or $2 we've seen so far is going to have a fairly modest effect on gasoline prices. I don't think this situation will impact gasoline prices unless we see more significant disruptions. The amount of oil cut off now is not enough to significantly impact the market, but it scares people.

You're just seeing some regional differences because of what's available locally. We have a good supply, but there seems to be a lot of speculation on usage.

A majority of our members have voted to reject the tentative agreement,

it's about workers' right to job security and a decent standard of living, versus Telus's unrestricted corporate greed.

The long-term forecasts suggest we will have a hotter-than usual rest of summer and fall, with a continued strong hurricane season,