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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
Of course you do. Superstore does it, Cdn Tire does it, Wal mart does it.
And it happens way more in the States, but you don't have to go far to see it here.
And btw it isn't a simple decision for say a macs to sell gas. They need to invest in the tanks you don't see underground, deal with all the safty and environment issues that come along with distributing crude products and manage a business that is very high in turnover.
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To be fair, none of those companies operate gas stations here on Vancouver Island (home of Canada's most expensive gas). Also, none of those stations are associated by name with major oil-and-gas companies, they are all retailers who branched out into gasoline, not gasoline sellers who branched out into retail like every Husky, Shell, Petro-Can, and Esso that dot ever other corner in suburbs around the country.
I recognize that there is a difference between Exxon Mobil and the Esso on the corner, but to suggest that the profits of Exxon Mobil ($40 600 000 000 in 2007) and the price of gas at that Esso ($1.20 - $1.25/ litre in Calgary, $1.33/litre in Victoria) are unconnected is a spectacular example of willful ignorance.