$6 Gasoline This Summer

The oil is in Alberta

 

The OP shows mercy...Bless you Sir!

 

That's Mt Baker in Washington State , viewed from my jobsite .

 

there is a lot of oil in alberta and saskatchewan. i'm pretty sure us residents don't own the oil unless its on private property.

 

So does it directly benefit Western Canadians in the form of more money? Don't mean to press, but I really have no clue how it works there. Or do I need to move this to the "Ask a Canadian" thread?

 

The oil companies pay fees to drill .

 

i'm not 100% sure on this but here in saskatchewan the oil companies pay taxes and they have to pay the government fees. here is a link to show how much it benefits us. http://saskatoon.ctv.ca/servlet/an/...arter-province-110304/20110304/?hub=Saskatoon

 

Interesting. Thanks for the link.

 

ya no problem.

 

Rough office conditions you got there!

 

"Growth and Financial Security Fund" sounds similar to Alaska's Permanent Fund. Alaska pays all residents a dividend every year based on the fund's performance over a five year period (if I remember correctly). Sounds like in Canada they use it all to straight out fund improvements and infrastructure. Still not a bad deal. Sometimes wonder if we'd be better off doing the same, but people around here get crazy if you talk about taking away their dividend check. Yet various levels of government talk about increasing property taxes and threatening sales taxes all the time.

 

A huge improvement.

 

$1.12

 

$4.24 / US gallon

 

Gas is at a $1.227 in Hamilton ON up from 1.21 yesterday ridiculous!

 

$4.64 / US gallon

 

$3.87 / US gallon showed up down the road from me (40 miles north of Anchorage). My usual Chevron station in Palmer was $3.78. ($1.00 / litre)

 

cost me fill up almost 80 dollar! 1.21/Litre

 

Cost me $92 last week

 

ouch..and i drive 64 miles each day...cant wait