Certainly Canadian gas prices are related to world oil concerns, but the actual % increase is not.
Allowing PetroCanada, a company that Canadians poured tens of Billions into and then sold to "friends of Government" for a song, to acquire Sunoco in Ontario while simultaneously closing a refinery (reducing capacity) sans any public discussion serves no constructive purpose other than to make a few ppl wealthy.
Regardless of political party, we pay for our MPs/MPPs to provide pathways for multinationals to screw us. Obviously, most ppl are too stupid to realize this, but for the few of us it's very annoying to say the least.