"Canada's largest refinery, the Irving Refinery in New Brunswick, is also shut down until November for maintenance, further limiting supplies.
The federal government announced last week that a temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax, including a four cent per litre tax on diesel, would be extended through January 2027, instead of expiring on Sept. 7.
But experts say that doesn't absorb enough of the costs.
"This is going to be somewhat of a secret killer of the North American economy, if this is not addressed in the next few months," Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis firm Gas Buddy, told CBC News."
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