More drivers head out of Metro Vancouver to fill up

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Among the things that went up April 1, BC Hydro rates and BC Ferries fares, it’s the two-cent increase in TranLink‘s portion of the  gas taxe that seems to have hit the biggest nerve with you.

The price of gas is still hovering around the $1.45 per litre range, and don’t forget the carbon tax will also increase in July by another 1.1-cents. In all, we’ll be paying 47-cents per litre in federal and provincial excise tax, carbon tax and HST. The national average tax per litre in Canada is 37 cents.

Bruce Cran is the President of the Consumers’ Association of Canada. He believes the increase will just send more of you south-of-the-border to fill up.

“With consumers trying to save every penny they can, I think it’s another great burden to the way we deal with our expenses. I think it will create even more custom for gas stations in the United States.”

“We don’t give a damn whether it’s tax or whatever. There are a lot of people who feel they have the right to look after themselves the best they can, and if that involves going down to the States to get gasoline, that’s the way they will do it,” he adds.

The increase in the price at the pump is to help pay for TransLink’s portion of the Evergreen Line SkyTrain extension to Coquitlam. The federal and provincial governments have already chipped in their $400-million share for the line.

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