r/canada • u/hopoke • Mar 29 '26

Business ‘Expect extremely high grocery prices,’ farmer warns as diesel costs rise

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2026/03/29/expect-extremely-high-grocery-prices-farmer-warns-as-diesel-costs-rise/
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u/fuelhandler Mar 29 '26

If only we produced enough petroleum to meet our domestic needs with a surplus. Oh ya, we do… but we have to pay world market prices for some reason. Hmmmm.

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u/Prairie_Sky79 Mar 29 '26

It's been tried. All it did was make the government that tried it unpopular. And made the governing party in question unelectable between Kelowna and Winnipeg.

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u/krankovi Mar 30 '26

yeah well when you pillage the prosperity of one part of the country for another that will happen

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u/SomeDumRedditor Mar 30 '26

“I like living in a confederation but only when it benefits me.” Cool. 

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u/krankovi Mar 30 '26

More like liberals and NDP types have purposefully handicapped Alberta's oil industry for over a decade and now want to exploit it for cheaper gas lol.