Costs in Canada
There is another post in this section where FullTimeDaniel said----- As many have said virtually everything is unnecessarily expensive in Canada especially Gas-fuel, food and beer-wine. I wou...
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Since this post is about what I originally posted lets get some facts straight;
One if you have $100 US Dollars as of today 2/23/17 that is ONLY worth $124 Canadian Dollars NOT 130 the OP Claimed.
What I originally wrote was that CANADA was NEEDLESSLY expensive.
It is clear here that some who think they understand exchange rates and their true effect are not as knowledgeable as they think.
Burmuda is Expensive but not NEEDLESSLY it is an Island and everything virtually must be shipped in. That adds cost. Using it is an apples oranges argument.
As for costs in Canada. A six pack of Canadian beer in almost any place I could buy one was one and a half times more expensive AFTER you factor in the exchange. At one place they wanted almost $20 Canadian for a six pack. That relates to $15.20 US at the current rate. And the rate was .74 to the dollar then.
As for fuel I paid as much as (and more occasionally) than $3.92 US. This at a time when in Port Angeles WA USA I paid $2.19. To me that qualifies as needlessly expensive.
Food: lets take an apples and apples approach here; Wal Mart in Prince George vs Walmart in Bellingham:
A large package of chicken $4.92 in Bellingham. The same package In PG $10 Canadian ($7.60 US)
I could go on here with food at restaurants etc.
And while BC is surely a Beautiful place and may be worth a visit all on it's own it has to be admitted that the tax structure including the carbon tax makes prices higher than they need to be.
It is the Canadians who bear the brunt of this more than travelers.
And when 75% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US Border you cannot attribute transportation costs to the higher prices. Even if it is being imported from the US.
I stand firmly behind my original statement. The facts I believe bear me out; Canadians and visitors are paying NEEDLESSLY high prices for food, fuel and beer/wine and liquor.
Now to put into perspective my travels and experience in Canada. I have traveled Canada from Ontario to BC several times going as far back as the 1970's I have sailed the inside passage and circumnavigated Vancouver Island in my own sailboat. I have sailed the inside passage all the way to Alaska in a 24 foot Reinell runabout. I am about to undertake my THIRD trip driving to Alaska (two of them in winter) through Canada. I have been to a lot of places in Canada over many many years. I think I am at least as qualified or more than most Americans to have an informed opinion about the place.
One if you have $100 US Dollars as of today 2/23/17 that is ONLY worth $124 Canadian Dollars NOT 130 the OP Claimed.
What I originally wrote was that CANADA was NEEDLESSLY expensive.
It is clear here that some who think they understand exchange rates and their true effect are not as knowledgeable as they think.
Burmuda is Expensive but not NEEDLESSLY it is an Island and everything virtually must be shipped in. That adds cost. Using it is an apples oranges argument.
As for costs in Canada. A six pack of Canadian beer in almost any place I could buy one was one and a half times more expensive AFTER you factor in the exchange. At one place they wanted almost $20 Canadian for a six pack. That relates to $15.20 US at the current rate. And the rate was .74 to the dollar then.
As for fuel I paid as much as (and more occasionally) than $3.92 US. This at a time when in Port Angeles WA USA I paid $2.19. To me that qualifies as needlessly expensive.
Food: lets take an apples and apples approach here; Wal Mart in Prince George vs Walmart in Bellingham:
A large package of chicken $4.92 in Bellingham. The same package In PG $10 Canadian ($7.60 US)
I could go on here with food at restaurants etc.
And while BC is surely a Beautiful place and may be worth a visit all on it's own it has to be admitted that the tax structure including the carbon tax makes prices higher than they need to be.
It is the Canadians who bear the brunt of this more than travelers.
And when 75% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US Border you cannot attribute transportation costs to the higher prices. Even if it is being imported from the US.
I stand firmly behind my original statement. The facts I believe bear me out; Canadians and visitors are paying NEEDLESSLY high prices for food, fuel and beer/wine and liquor.
Now to put into perspective my travels and experience in Canada. I have traveled Canada from Ontario to BC several times going as far back as the 1970's I have sailed the inside passage and circumnavigated Vancouver Island in my own sailboat. I have sailed the inside passage all the way to Alaska in a 24 foot Reinell runabout. I am about to undertake my THIRD trip driving to Alaska (two of them in winter) through Canada. I have been to a lot of places in Canada over many many years. I think I am at least as qualified or more than most Americans to have an informed opinion about the place.
