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Originally Posted by Jacks
Transportation companies run all over the country, if you start raising their costs across the board they can easily move their warehouses a few hours away across the provincial border. It's also not that hard to have their drivers buy fuel before entering Alberta if the prices are lower, in fact it is common practice to top up where prices are best. Those trucks hold thousands of liters and can go quite a way with the tanks full.
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Have you ever worked in warehousing or supply chain management? Easily move their operations? These businesses live and die on efficiency and cost per case/load, moving an entire operation has so many moving parts that even a very well run company can fail at it. They are gonna fuel up where it's cheaper? You realize we currently have the cheapest gas in the country right? How much do you really think fuel is really going to go up in price?
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...on154a-eng.htm
http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/9705290
Do the math and explain to me how it makes sense to add 100's of kilometres in travel fuel consumption expenses to save 2-3 cents per litre? If that.
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I wasn't aware that Alberta charged import taxes on food coming from BC and Sask, perhaps you can enlighten me?
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I was referring to your comment about businesses moving to Montana. You are aware that Montana is in another country right?