Double Gas Tax Coming Soon to Vancouver

If you thought you were already getting gouged at the pump, this is probably not the news for you. Vancouver is already known for paying among the highest gas prices in the nation and the situation isn't getting any better. Never mind Hurricane Ike and the overall rising price of fuel, because the government is apparently stepping in to make things even more expensive.

A new provincial carbon tax is in the works that will jack up the price of gas even more, not to mention the threat of a similar tax from the federal level. The federal tax is being promised by the Liberal party if it is indeed the party that wins the national election this fall.

"There is little public support for that way of dealing with climate change. It's a deeply unpopular tax," New Democrat finance critic Bruce Ralston says. "To try and put the two taxes together is just a nightmare."

Source: Canadian Press

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