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Baraka_Guru · 10-18-2009, 05:10 AM

Here's a sample:

Gasoline Prices (Oct 13, 2009), Cents per Litre:

Code:

Ottawa            87.4
Toronto           91.4
Montreal          99.9
Vancouver         101.1
Edmonton          84.6
Yellowknife       119.7
Gander            106.5
St. Johns         103.9
Labrador City     112.4

Canada average    94.6

What's going on here?

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And, blahblah, when just about everything is more expensive in Canada, this means running a hotel costs more in Canada than doing so in the U.S. This is not to say Canadian hotels on average couldn't try harder to match U.S. prices, but to have them universally do so might simply put them in the red and out of business altogether.

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And why don't the Canadian liquor stores match the Cubans' prices on rum? They're selling it down there for $3 a 26'er....

Maybe we are getting screwed....

10-18-2009, 05:10 AM	#36 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Here's a sample: Gasoline Prices (Oct 13, 2009), Cents per Litre: Code: Ottawa 87.4 Toronto 91.4 Montreal 99.9 Vancouver 101.1 Edmonton 84.6 Yellowknife 119.7 Gander 106.5 St. Johns 103.9 Labrador City 112.4 Canada average 94.6 What's going on here? * * * * * And, blahblah, when just about everything is more expensive in Canada, this means running a hotel costs more in Canada than doing so in the U.S. This is not to say Canadian hotels on average couldn't try harder to match U.S. prices, but to have them universally do so might simply put them in the red and out of business altogether. * * * * * And why don't the Canadian liquor stores match the Cubans' prices on rum? They're selling it down there for $3 a 26'er.... Maybe we are getting screwed.... __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 10-18-2009 at 05:19 AM..