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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
Farce of a calculator from CBC.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ator-1.3900339
Love the assumption that groceries are only going up 1.5% and they didn't even bother to try and calculate any of the indirect costs. We already know that the city is going to be paying another $6 million for fuel, not including electricity and natural gas, all of which will be included as a property tax hike. |
How would you calculate the indirect costs? When you look at the areas that the carbon tax will cause an increase in, like transportation, utilities for facilities etc, and then divide that by the number of items sold by a grocery store, you should be able to come to the conclusion that there will not be a massive increase. Notley's argument about gas prices fluctuating was poorly explained on her part, but you have to look at what the reality is, gas and energy prices fluctuate, grocery prices do the same thing.
When gas goes up 20-30 cents a litre do you notice a massive increase in your grocery prices? No, because grocery prices from vendors also fluctuate. Stores use these fluctuations to set the prices on the shelves in a way to maintain customers, they can adjust prices based on which vendors are giving them the best deals, hence why prices change on a weekly basis.
Sale prices on buying multiples is another method grocers use to increase their buying power in order to buy and sell products at lower prices, grocery companies aren't stupid, they are one of the most proactive businesses in finding ways to avoid passing costs on to customers.