Sticker Shock: The Causes of the Canada-US Price Differential

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Page Title:Sticker Shock: The Causes of the Canada-US Price Differential – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Sticker Shock: The Causes of the Canada-US Price Differential
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/sticker-shock-causes-canada-us-price-differential/
Published Date:May 6, 2014
Accessed Date:February 9, 2025

Consumers should blame government policy, not retail price gouging for large Canada-US price gaps, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Sticker Shock: The Causes of the Canada-US Price Differential,” author Nicholas Li finds that rising wholesale price gaps over the 2004-2007 period reflect ill-advised Canadian government regulations, such as high tariffs as well as supply management.

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