Regular gasoline crosses the $2 per liter mark in Est-du-Québec

A historic peak, according to economist and adjunct professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Ottawa, Jean-Thomas Bernard.

This economist believes that the war in Ukraine, the low unemployment rate and the high price of raw materials are to blame.

However, it is impossible for him to say when the price at the pump will go down. We could not anticipate the war in Ukraine a year ago. So what will happen in the next few months?he asks himself.

Discouraged Citizens

Road users met in Baie-Comeau on Tuesday afternoon say they were discouraged when they saw the new price at the pump. According to those we spoke to, the cost of living is starting to weigh heavily on citizens’ wallets.

” It’s disgusting I would tell you! »

I would tell you that since the last increases, I think it’s like anythinglaunches the motorist, Anne Miller.

” It hurts the heart, it affects the system monetarily, all expenses, etc. »

I find it quite deplorableconfides for his part the citizen Sylvain Brulé. You know, it’s not so easy for truckers, bus companies, all the people who need it on a daily basis, taxi drivers and all that.

I think it will increase the products even more with the transport costsadds another motorist, Isabelle Arseneault. We think about it before going too far by carshe adds.

These road users say they will still continue to use their car to get around. Unlike large urban centers where you can easily swap the car for public transport or a bicycle, the options on the North Shore, as everywhere in Eastern Quebec, are more limited for getting around such a large territory.

Additional challenge for fishermen and truckers

The cost of gasoline is giving a hard time to fishermen on the Lower North Shore, who are already struggling with the presence of ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

It delayed some of our anglers by almost 4 weeksexplains the director of the Lower North Shore Fishermen’s Association, Paul Nadeau. Then, we have the price of fuel which is going up, then we have quotas which are very limitedlaments the director.

He worries about the future of the industry in the region and hopes to get help from Ottawa.

Same story on the side of truckers. Accompanied by representatives of the National Association of Artisan Truckers, the Member for Bonaventure, Sylvain Roy, asked in a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon that they have better conditions.

What do we add now? The price of fuel! So these people are hard at work and are an essential link in the Quebec economy.denounces the deputy.