Gas stations located near highway 20 (aka the backbone aka Trans-Canada Highway) are still selling at CAD 1.599 / liter while it is 1.799 / liter a few miles away. Strangely, it was done right after our stat holiday last week, not on the Thursday or Friday before the holiday as it is usually done.
By the way, it doesn't changed much after all, but at least they get caught red-handed a few years ago. What's stranger is some regions will see the price hike and some others do not and they're all sourcing gas from the same oil refineries. Also, we don't have a price cap while Ontario and the Maritime provinces do. Provincial government does not really want to act, because they highly tax gas and their tax is % based. Higher gas prices mean higher tax revenues and less willingness for them to act for consumers interests.
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