Gas prices remain high in the Lower Mainland and there are concerns about other potential consumer impactsas conflict in the U.S.-Israel war against Iran continues.
The cost of gas was sitting around $2.14 per litre on Monday, with similar prices seen around the region on Sunday and late last week.
As the war continues to put pressure on the pumps, experts say that food prices could also increase by the end of April.
“If oil remains at around say $100 a barrel, we’re likely going to see the average family of four spend anywhere between 400 and $600 more on food for the entire year because of the attacks in Iran,” said Sylvain Charlebois, a professor at the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.
The hardest hit items are expected to be meat, dairy, produce and seafood as they have to be transported in refrigerated trucks that require more energy.
Charlebois also warned that another price hike could be coming later this year.
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“Right now you may be looking at a double whammy, so on the one side you have energy costs pushing prices higher, but don’t forget with fertilizers with yields being impacted, markets could start to push commodity prices higher mid-year for example,” he said.
“We could see input costs go up for manufacturers, so that would be that double whammy you would see later in the year.”
Small businesses across B.C. say they are also feeling the impact of rising fuel costs.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said that so far, many owners have been absorbing the costs.
“Everything from your local pizzeria and the cost it takes for them to deliver that pizza to your home, your local plumber, electrician, every service call just went up in cost,” said Kalith Nanayakkara, CFIB’s senior policy analyst for B.C. said.
“Small businesses who are already operating on very thin margins will reach a point where they’re forced to pass those costs on to consumers.”
To support the economy. the CFIB wants the B.C. and Canadian governments to move more quickly to develop Canada’s domestic energy supply.
But if you do shoot up a school. The deaths are necessary to uphold the 2nd ammendment. Just like Charlie Kirk’s was
My Charlie Kirk personality just unwittingly gave my Trans personality an idea about shooting up a school. Uggggg. Not sure i’ll be able to make it through a Mcshift today. Must…self…flagellate!!
Hopefully this triggered whiteboy troll doesn’t go shoot up a school. We all know how that ended for me. Oh well 🤷🏻
I think maybe the herpes I contracted from this guy Roy is somehow worsening my multiple personality disorder. I keep switching from my T D S/w oke joke/white guilt persona (my true self) to moments of clarity, like right now. That T D S personality is completely raging now becasue it thinks there’s a troll online impersonating it. Anyways, sorry everyone. Seeing the doctor again soon. I’m going to bring him some McDonald’s as a gesture of kindness.
Duuhhh I’m dead because I couldn’t keep my ignorant white Christian mouth shut
You can repeat tiktok and mcdonalds over and over again as many times as you want buddy. I still own you. The copycat troll ped0 protector and his bruised ego 😆 🤣 😂 I love it
Hey copycat troll remember the time you told me that your IQ was so much higher than mine. That was one of the funniest things you’ve ever said because if you think that what you do on here proves that you have a high IQ then you just proved to everyone how low it really is
Lol look at you go buddy. The copycat troll busts out the ‘No you’ comeback. All you can do is impersonate me and repeat the same insults over and over again and now you’ve resorted to weak deflections. Man seriously if that’s all you’ve got then I must be doing something right
Trump is my life. I have no other thoughts, other than the bare minimum needed to fulfill my job at McDonald’s. He’s an easy target for all my personal problems, like not passing high school. I learn a lot from TikTok though. And on rare occasions my parents come down to the basement to talk (yell) at me.
Alas, i’m a ped0 myself, sort of. Well, they never had quite enough evidence on me so I guess i’m not.
Ped0 Trump protectors hate it when people use their right to freedom of speech
You know most men that support ped0 Trump are ped0s themselves
Look the troll can’t stop impersonating me because I insulted his hero ped0 Trump. Too funny
I blame Trump for all my life’s problems. Including the incredibly small penis.
Ped0 Trump’s war isn’t over yet. Who knows maybe he’ll start a war with Canada. He’s unpredictable and clearly delusional. High prices could be the least of our worries
My parents and grandparents rationed food and fuel for years, my great grandfather is somewhere in a field in France … I can handle a month or two of increased fuel costs
Any excuse at all to raise the prices