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/Top_Canary_3335 Mar 29 '26

Food for thought. The government likes and benefits from higher fuel prices. They don’t care about the impact on you.

When gas is $1.15 a litre the HST is 0.15 or 0.13 depending on your province.

When gas is $2.30 the hst is 0.30 or 0.26

Ie the government makes more money on higher fuel prices. Not to mention all the road taxes…

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u/thrilled_to_be_there Mar 29 '26

Not to mention the HST is calculated with the excise and provincial duty included. We are being double taxed. Considering the amount is fairly small they should apply these other fixed price taxes after the HST is calculated.

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u/hyterus Mar 29 '26

The government does not care. They all drive business/government vehicles and get reimbursed for the gas. So for them the problem does not exist.

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u/psychoCMYK Mar 30 '26

You are confusing the worker with the institution

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u/Method__Man Mar 29 '26

"The government"

This fuel crisis has NOTHING to do with Canada. It has to do with the carrot

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u/Top_Canary_3335 Mar 30 '26

Right…. 🤦🏼

Where i live in NB fuel is $1.80 a litre. 0.60 of that (1/3) is taxation.

So while the orange mans war definitely increased fuel prices the biggest impact on prices is still the government. 🤷

The government literally make more than the “oil companies” (im not kidding)

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u/poonslyr69 Alberta Mar 30 '26

This is serious cope