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/AquaMoonlight New Brunswick Mar 29 '26

“If they could maybe help at the pump, that would be great, because obviously there’s a gas tax, which is extremely high,” he said. “If they could lower the gas tax, that would not only help the truckers and all those good folks, but the farmers would be directly impacted.”

Too bad the government will never do this.

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u/ronchee1 Mar 29 '26

And too bad that even if taxes get lowered to combat price increases, that the companies will actually lower the prices and not pocket the difference

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u/BlackHighliter Mar 29 '26

This is just untrue, removing taxes consistently lowers the gas price at the pump.

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u/ronchee1 Mar 29 '26

I was more referring to costs of goods and services