Waterloo Region drivers react to rising gas prices [Video]

Gas prices climbed by an average of three cents per litre overnight Sunday into Monday in Waterloo Region.

It was an expected jump at the pumps due to the federal government’s carbon tax hike.

Becky, a driver from Puslinch, was filling up her tank at a Kitchener Petro Canada on Monday afternoon. She couldn’t help but reminisce about simpler times.

“I remember driving to college and spending like $0.55 a litre,” Becky laughed.

Now, she said she spends about $600 or $700 a month on gas.

“We do a lot of travelling,” she admitted.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, a non-profit organization, calls the carbon tax hike “tone deaf.”

“The carbon tax will cost the average Ontario family $627 more than they get back in rebates. And that’s just the cost for this year. But the federal government plans on cranking up the carbon tax every single year,” said the federation’s federal director, Franco Terrazzano, in an interview with CTV Kitchener.

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