View Single Post
Old 01-06-2017, 10:11 AM   #295
belsarius
First Line Centre
 
belsarius's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cranbrook
Exp:
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by GGG View Post
With the Sask side having a 5% PST the stations are actually charging the same amount now. The Sask side of Lloyd had to undercharge for gas previously. Now with a 5 cents a litre carbon tax and the sask pst the cost of Gas should be roughly the same.

The price of gas historically (pre-carbon tax) between Calgary and Saskatoon has been a 5 to 10 cent spread which would be due to taxation costs.

So the Sask side isn't gouging.
Actually Sask, BC and Manitoba don't charge PST on gas or diesel. BC however makes up for it by a 7% carbon tax on gas.
__________________
@PR_NHL
The @NHLFlames are the first team to feature four players each with 50+ points within their first 45 games of a season since the Penguins in 1995-96 (Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Tomas Sandstrom).

Fuzz - "He didn't speak to the media before the election, either."
belsarius is offline   Reply With Quote