Originally Posted By: KrisZ
Originally Posted By: cb450sc
We are still paying crazy prices for gas in Ontario dispite the low price of oil. We drove to Florida a couple of weeks ago and the highest we paid was $2.27 a gallon, the lowest was $1.87. It is $0.96 a liter here in Ontario!!
That's because we have to keep the sand oil fields propped up, otherwise they simply cannot compete and would be out of business.
When the barrel was over $100 Canadians of course did not get any price break and were actually paying more than people in US that used Canadian crude. Now that the price of the barrel tanked, Canadians as usual still have to pay more to prop up the crooks running the shell game. We must be the only country that punishes people in its own market on price.
I think it's the US that doesn't really tax gasoline highly to support social programs like Canada and many other European countries do. So you have to blame your government for that. On the other hand you don't have to complain about health care premiums, there are many in the US that pay $500-$1000 a month or more for health insurance.
Originally Posted By: cb450sc
We are still paying crazy prices for gas in Ontario dispite the low price of oil. We drove to Florida a couple of weeks ago and the highest we paid was $2.27 a gallon, the lowest was $1.87. It is $0.96 a liter here in Ontario!!
That's because we have to keep the sand oil fields propped up, otherwise they simply cannot compete and would be out of business.
When the barrel was over $100 Canadians of course did not get any price break and were actually paying more than people in US that used Canadian crude. Now that the price of the barrel tanked, Canadians as usual still have to pay more to prop up the crooks running the shell game. We must be the only country that punishes people in its own market on price.
I think it's the US that doesn't really tax gasoline highly to support social programs like Canada and many other European countries do. So you have to blame your government for that. On the other hand you don't have to complain about health care premiums, there are many in the US that pay $500-$1000 a month or more for health insurance.