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Originally Posted by creaturecat
at 1.40, you are paying less than half of what it costs me, in Canada. Land of the oil oversupply.
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In BC the taxes on fuel for vehicles is high compared to most provinces.
The provincial take is about 24% of the price of fuel.
In the Vancouver area, that jumps to about 36% plus the federal governments grab which totals out to about 49% of the cost of each liter of fuel. Then let us not forget the tax on tax policy of the GST and tack on another 5% on the total!
So I think it is fair to blame the government rather than those greedy oil companies. (and Alberta and Albertans!
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