Drivers paid record $1.64 a litre in Metro Vancouver on Thursday
B.C. Premier John Horgan says the B.C. government will consider 'relief' after gas prices reached a record of almost $1.64 a litre Thursday in Metro Vancouver.Premier John Horgan says the B.C. government will consider “some relief” for those who can’t afford record high gas prices.
Horgan said he can’t explain a 12 cent a litre increase and perhaps the industry should invest more in refineries and the federal government should invest more in supply. On Monday, British Columbia’s long-standing carbon tax increased to $40 a ton, which is double the federal carbon tax introduced in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick — provinces that did not previously have any carbon tax in place.“When you look at the totality of gas taxes now in B.C., no small amount can be easily or cavalierly dismissed. You’re paying over 52 cents a litre in taxes to the federal, provincial, carbon and TransLink taxes,” he said.
Environment Minister George Heyman responded saying the government is putting revenue from the carbon tax toward a range of affordability measures, adding that the former Liberal government increased gas taxes by 15 cents compared with the NDP’s two-cent increase.Nic Rivers, Canada Research Chair in Climate and Energy Policy at the University of Ottawa, said B.C.’s carbon tax has already prompted many people to ditch their cars for bikes and transit alternatives.
“They suggest consumers have indeed reduced their consumption of gasoline and natural gas as prices go up,” he said. “Which isn’t surprising.”
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