It’s costing more to fill up at the pumps and we’re told fuel prices may continue to climb.
Clearview Co-op general manager, Henry Nickel, says fuel costs are impacted by many things.
“All kinds of political unrest and so on, very often causes fuel (prices) to increase,” he explains. “There's shortages created, for whatever reason.”
In addition to that, we are paying carbon tax on fuel, which is at 9 cents on gasoline. The carbon tax on diesel is even higher than that.
“Then, every time the price goes up, the GST is always on the final price,” Nickel says.
So, the higher the cost of fuel, the more GST we pay. And that brings up the total price we pay at the pumps.