Diesel fuel prices are already painful for Canadian truck operators, and Dan McTeague says the number people are watching at the pump is not the number that tells the real story. The supply that kept prices stable is gone and the replacement is not coming quickly.

 

Emergency reserves globally are nearly exhausted. The floating oil inventory that markets treated as a buffer has been consumed. A barrel priced at $67 on paper costs closer to $150 to actually acquire and deliver. McTeague draws a direct line from those numbers to dump truck operators earning a dollar a litre on deliveries that cost two dollars to run, and from there to a supply chain where the things on store shelves got there before prices became unworkable. He says governments need to start signalling a shortfall that goes beyond price into actual availability.

 

Topics: diesel fuel prices Canada, oil supply shock, trucking industry, energy affordability, fuel rationing

 

GUEST: Dan McTeague | affordableenergy.ca


Originally aired on 2026-04-27

Diesel fuel prices are already painful for Canadian truck operators, and Dan McTeague says the number people are watching at the pump is not the number that tells the real story. The supply that kept prices stable is gone and the replacement is not coming quickly.
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Emergency reserves globally are nearly exhausted. The floating oil inventory that markets treated as a buffer has been consumed. A barrel priced at $67 on paper costs closer to $150 to actually acquire and deliver. McTeague draws a direct line from those numbers to dump truck operators earning a dollar a litre on deliveries that cost two dollars to run, and from there to a supply chain where the things on store shelves got there before prices became unworkable. He says governments need to start signalling a shortfall that goes beyond price into actual availability.
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Topics: diesel fuel prices Canada, oil supply shock, trucking industry, energy affordability, fuel rationing
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GUEST: Dan McTeague | affordableenergy.ca
 Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-27

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