Toronto, and Southern Ontario in general, have been on about gas prices since they hit .50 a litre. A little research shows that this is the spot in Canada that has the least to complain about. It turns out that even Alberta has higher gas prices than Southern Ontario. Go figure.
For a closer look at the map above go here. BTW - Nova Scotia has legistation in place to stabilize the price of gas. In the Halifax area it currently sits at 114.1 per litre, and searching for cheap gas is a waste of time because all of the stations are the same price (with the occassional exception where it's 114.9).
So, as we leave Ontario we get a much clearer sense of why the rest of the country views it the way they do. Who would complain about cheaper gas than anywhere else, cheaper groceries (3 litres of milk in Halifax is 6.91. In Toronto it's around 4.00), and higher wages? It's all relative to what you're used to, I suppose.
It may come down to supply and demand, a dedicated infrastructure, lower distribution costs, and a tighter population density but it doesn't change the raw numbers one bit. Ontario is a less expensive place to live, if you take out the cost of housing and the fact that you have to drive over an hour to work (the average commute into the city for a person working in Toronto was just calculated at 79 minutes). Other than that what's to complain about? This?
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