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Taxes, a bunch of which are tariffs at the border or built into the price like the gas tax, protectionism, laws and a smaller market.
by novok 6y ago
Taxes, a bunch of which are tariffs at the border or built into the price like the gas tax, protectionism, laws and a smaller market.
- Black101 6y agoAlso, I guess milk is not a very good example because the government has a minimum price set on milk, at least in Quebec.
- novok 6y agoIt's a good one I'm thinking, because laws are literally making it more expensive. There are a bunch for other food items. The gas tax is higher so gas is more expensive, the cell phone market is an exploitative oligopoly even more than the USA and thus the prices are some of the highest in the world, and so on. The countries economy is now dependant on the RE sector, so that is even worse than the USA for many. TBH if the USA got universal healthcare, the advantages of living in Canada would be slim.
- 52-6F-62 6y agoI don't think it's that simple. Even local produce is exceedingly highly priced these days. We've no shortage of produce, and there's no real protectionism going on there. And AFAIK there hasn't been any tax changes on those kinds of goods yet the prices are ever higher.