Subj : Tariffs = Lower Prices
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Mar 17 2025 08:48:00

> Our gas prices are supposed to drop a fair bit in Canada as the new
> Prime Minister drops the Carbon tax but converting gallons and dollars
> we've been paying about $4.60 a US gallon in US dollars which I think
> is about 50% higher than you guys pay.. The carbon tax off gas will
> drop that to closer to $4 here.

Based on what I paid Friday, $4.60 USD is about 43% more expensive there,
so not too far off.

> I remember hearing about egg prices in the USA due to the bird flu or
> whatever it was, but it didn't seem to change much here. The eggs I
> got recently cost me about $3.90, and have been at that level for
> many months.. and I suppose you have to make allowances for the fact
> that our dollar is only about 70 cents US at the moment so $3.90
> becomes about $2.75..

Did your government, or farmers, do a better job of containing it?

> Milk took a big jump a while back. Our 4 Litre bags are almost
> exactly the same as an American gallon. I haven't seen the price
> of milk there lately but our price is about $6.60, but not too
> long back it was about $4.99 or less..

That sounds higher than here.

> If accurate, looking online it appears the average US price per gallon
> of milk is about $3.20 and our $6.60 allowing for the dollar exchange
> becomes $4.62 or so, still a lot higher..

The per gallon price here in my area was less than that, last I checked, so
your area is quite a bit higher.

Mike


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