What's behind the drop in gas prices across Canada?

A dip in gas prices has Canadians wondering how long the good news will last. Paul Hollingsworth has more.

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[flyrock]

This happens every time there's an election on the horizon.

[albertastorms]

Affordable my ass! When it gets to 78 cents a liter then I will be convinced!

[Blahsheep]

Doesn't feel like a drop when you are still getting charged 40+ cents per liter just on taxes.

[MatthewEveleigh]

The game has began, election time is around the corner, when election is over what will happen then😮…

[Motiahmed]

So if we take off some more taxes it could drop at least another 12-15 cents .

[HuckThis]

Price of barrel in dollars should represent price per liter in cents.

[patrickwolf]

It's funny how whenever gas goes up, prices go up. But when gas goes down, prices stay the same 🤔

[ron.mexico.]

Canadians are so jaded that they question why prices are lower.

[sethferri]

It’s still twice as much as it should be due to taxes

[lxa]

4 cents/liter, wow, thank you soooo much!!!!

[bradbradshaw-in]

i lived in sault ste marie michigan for years. one mile across the river is sault ste marie, ontario. the gas price in canada was about 2 times the price in michigan. it has to be that you poor canadians are being taxed to death on your gasoline.

[griffster]

It's still higher than ever. It went up nearly a dollar, but we should be happy because it went down a few cents. They should compare the last decade, not only last year's numbers.

[egonhess]

If you believe any of this I have a bag of magic beans for sale.

[yinglyca]

Oh it's because there switching to a winter blend...

[angelc-el]

Thanks for the 4cents! I owe you alot!

[lout]

What ticks me off is that premium used to be 20 cents more and then something changed and it’s increased higher and higher many times over that is just not right nor fair.

[bradraymond]

It would/will be even lower if/when the Carbon Tax is abolished.
Depending on your location in Canada, fuel will drop around 20-cents per litre.

[KarlBuckley-bwvc]

In Vancouver our gas is still 25 cents more than that Halifax station was advertising. For some reason Vancouver and BC in general always have the highest gas prices in Canada.. totally unfair, I'd love to have $1.52 per liter gas.

[ryans]

In Alberta where I live it dropped from 1.56 to 1.35 about a 20 cent drop. That saved me 10.00 filling up my car. It felt so strange lol not use to this.

[wasupfool]

It's still way overpriced, shouldn't be over a dollar a litre at most