Gas Price
- Thread starter SkyRider
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This has been the favourite tax from all levels of government because just a penny a litre is worth millions. It should be no surprise that the gas prices should be much lower compared with the last time oil prices were this low. This f*cking excuse that it is to save energy drives me crazy. If they add 5 cent/ litre, does that mean I will get out and push my car home ?
I think all levels of government are trying to tax the middle class back into slavery.
I can easily see PM Trudeau raising the gas tax to keep his deficit under $30 billion. Besides the Trudeaus have never been fans of our oil industry. Trudeau Senior defeated Joe Clark by making a false promise of lower gas prices.
No because the price of crude has dropped to less than a third of what it was, yet the price at the pumps has dropped by only about 25%. Huge discrepancy.
We should be paying no more than 70 cents.
We got the deficit down to $24 billion. Let's keep going.
How about a tax on foreign buyers of Toronto and Vancouver real estate? These foreigners (except the Syrians) are filthy rich, they can afford it.
I think "they" explain it this way.
1) Price of crude is in USD's. Price at the pump is in depreciated CAD's.
1) Cost of refining crude has increased.
Even with the lower prices we're having, we still pay far above what the American's do per gallon. I paid around $1.60/gal. in the southern states recently.
I have no interest in "their" explanation because "they" are the ones ripping us off.
Price of crude has gone down to 30% of what it was. Price at the pump has gone down to 80% of what it was.
About 8 years ago a barrel was $100 and we paid $1.00 per litre (one penny per dollar). A barrel is now $30 and we pay $.90 (3 pennies per dollar).
I remember that . Joe Clark ( Conservatives ) had a minority government . His new budget raised the price of gas .05 a gal . Budget was voted down and we had an election . Trudeau won . Wasted millions on an election because Trudeau raised the price of gas when he got in . Typical Liberal bullshit .
Now we have the metric system . Raising the price $.01 per liter doesn't sound like much but it's almost the same as raising the price $.05 a gal . Used to buy paint by the Imp gal then it went to 4 liters now it's 1 US gal . Some items have gone to 3 liters . Thanks to the metric system it's easier to reduce the amount given yet keep the prices high . Thanks to the Trudeau Liberals.
Really, then how come our economy is tanking while oil is so low?
Entertaining thread based entirely on rumour and filled only with comments like the one above.
