inflation, food and fuel prices all skyrocketed in 2021, and now into 2022. As gas prices set another record in Canada, some drivers are struggling to afford the cost of just getting to work. Basically, it’s a mortgage payment, said a truck driver. “There should be some kind of control on it.” As of Thursday morning, the price of Gas was $1.65 per litre to fill a vehicle’s gas tank. Would cost over $170 Canadian dollars. People are going to have to cut back on food, and to cut back on your bills in order to be able to put gas in their cars to go to work. In January, Statistics Canada reported grocery prices had risen by 5.7 per cent \u2014 the biggest annual increase since 2011.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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