On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 14:38:41 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 02/13/2016 08:31 AM, wrote:
If you thought you were being raped in Alberta be glad you were not
driving in Quebec - or even Ontario. (and my math isn't so bad - I
just saw 150 and thought 50 - - - -

The last time I was in eastern Canada, it was still imperial gallons,
iirc and the Canadian dollar was more or less par.
Alberta is a "low tax" province, particularly in the past several
decades being flush with oil revenue - so Alberta prices were low.
Ontario has always had fairly high fuel taxes - and quebec even more -
making quebec fuel often the most expensive in Canada - and several of
the maritime provinces have played with the "fixed price" gasoline
pricing model, where prices are set on a monthly? basis, and
permission is required to raise OR lower prices. I think Nova Scotia
is still using that model - which tends to result in higher fuel
prices with the Sinclair family dominating the market